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            <item><title><![CDATA[mount rushmore : north by northwest, alfred hitchcock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/north-by-northwest-alfred-hitchcock/mount-rushmore</link>
				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/north-by-northwest-alfred-hitchcock/mount-rushmore/detail-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sin-&amp;eacute; : jeff buckley,  shane macgowan, sin&amp;eacute;ad o&#039;connor,]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jeff-buckley-shane-macgowan-sinead-oconnor/sin-e</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Started by Irish immigrant Shane Doyle in 1989, Sin-&eacute; was a coffee shop that serve $2 coffee during the day and had live performances at night.  The intimate space became a hangout for writers, musicians and artists in the East Village, especially among fans of Irish music and culture.

Shane McGowan and Sin&eacute;ad O'Connor performed here, and Jeff Buckley's first EP "Live at Sin-&eacute;" was recorded here.

An episode of the Documentary on One- RT&Eacute; Documentaries called "Sin-&eacute;: Jeff Buckley's Irish Odyssey" goes into more detail about this location. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jeff-buckley-shane-macgowan-sinead-oconnor/sin-e/detail-2583</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:16:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the teragram ballroom : ty segall]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ty-segall/the-teragram-ballroom</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ty Segall and Freedom Band's 2019 live album <em>Deforming Lobes</em> was recorded (and then mixed by Steve Albini) over three nights in January 2018 at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ty-segall/the-teragram-ballroom/detail-2582</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 20:55:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the figure 8 wall : elliott smith]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elliott-smith/the-figure-8-wall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The mural Elliott Smith stands in front of on the cover of his fifth and final album <em>Figure 8</em> is located on the wall of the Solutions! audio-video repair shop in Los Angeles.

In 2017 a bar opened next door, and they partially destroyed the mural in order to install some sweet windows. Bar Angeles, named after the Elliott Smith <em>Either/Or</em> track &ldquo;Angeles," moved that portion of the mural indoors, but that bar has since been replaced by a Filipino restaurant that doesn't seem to have kept the mural as part of its interior decor.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elliott-smith/the-figure-8-wall/detail-2581</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 04:16:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wayne&#039;s house : wayne&#039;s world]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/waynes-world/waynes-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>Wayne's World</em> is set in the Chicago suburb of Aurora, but Wayne's house from the 1992 movie is here in Van Nuys. Garth's house, apparently renovated since filming, is right across the street.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/waynes-world/waynes-house/detail-2580</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 03:40:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the american football house : american football]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/american-football/the-american-football-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve never really listened to American Football (nor do I know too much about them), but I've heard this is the location of the house in Urbana, IL on the cover of their first album.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/american-football/the-american-football-house/detail-2579</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2019 21:09:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[locust hill : lewis and clark]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/lewis-and-clark/locust-hill</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Locust Hill is the birthplace of Meriwether Lewis. Only a few minutes from Charlottesville, the property of nearly 2000 acres was purchased by Lewis&rsquo; grandfather, Robert Lewis, in 1730. The plantation stayed in the Lewis family for five generations into the 21st century. 

Meriwether Lewis was born here in 1774, and moved away to Georgia with his mother and stepfather just a few years later. Lewis returned here to live briefly as a young man and manage the estate for a few years prior to entering the army.

The house Meriwether Lewis was born in was built out of logs by his father William in 1766. That house burned down in 1837, and a new house was rebuilt incorporating some of the material of the original house.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/lewis-and-clark/locust-hill/detail-2578</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2019 09:23:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wqed studios : mister rogers&#039; neighborhood]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/mister-rogers-neighborhood/wqed-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[WQED is a public television station that was founded in 1954 as the brainchild of the Pittsburgh mayor, David L. Lawrence.  

A friend and supporter of President Harry Truman, Lawrence wanted to have 12% of television programming dedicated to educational television.  At the time, the FCC had put a freeze on issuing licenses since there were so many applicants.  After much arm-twisting and corporate-wrangling, WEQD began broadcasting on April 1, 1954.

Among the notable productions to come out of WEQD is <em>Mister Rogers' Neighborhood</em>, the iconic and radical children's program that featured Fred Rogers as the soft-spoken and profoundly compassionate story-teller/moral paragon.  The show ran from its initial start in 1966 until 2001 (through repeats and syndication).

The WEQD call letters refer to the latin phrase <em>Quod erat demonstrandum</em> which means "what has been shown."  

Clever broadcasters, that group...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/mister-rogers-neighborhood/wqed-studios/detail-2577</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:41:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[london chancery building : j. g. ballard, eero saarinen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/j-g-ballard-eero-saarinen/london-chancery-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>He sat forward with surprise, pointing through the open window at the graceful beehive curtain-wall of the American Embassy, answering his question.

The driver noticed his interest, flicked away his cigarette. &lsquo;Funny style of place,&rsquo; he commented. &lsquo;Can&rsquo;t understand the Yanks putting up a dump like that.&rsquo;

&lsquo;Do you think so?&rsquo; Dr Jamieson asked. &lsquo;Not many people would agree with you.&rsquo;

The driver laughed. &lsquo;You&rsquo;re wrong there, mister. I never heard a good word for it yet.&rsquo; He shrugged, deciding not to offend his passenger. &lsquo;Still, maybe it&rsquo;s just ahead of its time.&rsquo;

Dr Jamieson smiled thinly at this. &lsquo;That&rsquo;s about it,&rsquo; he said, more to himself than to the driver. &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s say about thirty-five years ahead. They&rsquo;ll think very highly of it then.&rsquo; </em>

"The Gentle Assassin", J. G. Ballard]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/j-g-ballard-eero-saarinen/london-chancery-building/detail-2575</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 07:04:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[plainfield cemetery : weird wisconsin, ed gein, serial killers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/weird-wisconsin-ed-gein-serial-killers/plainfield-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Plainfield Cemetery is the final resting place of murderer/body snatcher/artisan of the macabre, Ed Gein.  

His tombstone was stolen in 2000, but was recovered in 2001 in Seattle.  The item is now in storage at the Waushara County Sheriff's Department.  

Ed Gein is buried in an unmarked grave at the cemetery.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/weird-wisconsin-ed-gein-serial-killers/plainfield-cemetery/detail-2574</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:45:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[robert taylor homes (former) : open mike eagle, brick body kids still daydream]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/open-mike-eagle-brick-body-kids-still-daydream/robert-taylor-homes-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Open Mike Eagle's 2017 record <em>Brick Body Kids Still Daydream</em> is a concept album about the high-rise Robert Taylor Homes on the South Side of Chicago where he lived until he was 13. 

Robert Taylor Homes were built in the early 1960s as public housing, and life there, ruled by gang violence and drugs, was bleak. The last of the buildings was demolished in 2007 to be replaced by residential homes.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/open-mike-eagle-brick-body-kids-still-daydream/robert-taylor-homes-former/detail-2573</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 08:20:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[harding senior high school : mitch hedberg]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/mitch-hedberg/harding-senior-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened in 1926, Harding Senior High School is the alma mater of comedian Mitch Hedberg (class of '86).

Go Knights!]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/mitch-hedberg/harding-senior-high-school/detail-2572</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 10:51:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pittock mansion : the lathe of heaven, ursula le guin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lathe-of-heaven-ursula-le-guin/pittock-mansion</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>He got onto the funicular at Fourth and Alder; and swooped up over the gray-green city to the HURAD Tower which crowned the west hills, on the site of the old Pittock mansion high in Washington Park.</em>

- <em>The Lathe of Heaven</em>, Ursula Le Guin]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lathe-of-heaven-ursula-le-guin/pittock-mansion/detail-2571</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 08:01:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lloyd center : the lathe of heaven, ursula le guin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lathe-of-heaven-ursula-le-guin/lloyd-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>...the funicular line stopped across the river in the old Lloyd Center, once the biggest shopping center in the world, back before the Crash. Nowadays the vast multilevel parking lots were gone along with the dinosaurs, and many of the shops and stores along the two-level mall were empty, boarded up. The ice rink had not been filled in twenty years. No water ran in the bizarre, romantic fountains of twisted metal.</em>

- <em>The Lathe of Heaven</em>, Ursula Le Guin]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lathe-of-heaven-ursula-le-guin/lloyd-center/detail-2570</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 07:57:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[home of joe cole &amp; henry rollins : henry rollins]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/henry-rollins/home-of-joe-cole-henry-rollins(809-brooks-avenue-los-angeles-ca-90291-united-states)</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Henry Rollins &amp; Joe Cole, collectively known as "The Chosen One", lived at this address in the early 1990's.  
It was here where the two friends would often hate-watch Sylvester Stallone movies.

Cole would ultimately lose his life at this location in a still unsolved murder, while Rollins narrowly escaped.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/henry-rollins/home-of-joe-cole-henry-rollins(809-brooks-avenue-los-angeles-ca-90291-united-states)/detail-2569</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 08:52:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[home of joe cole &amp; henry rollins : henry rollins]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/henry-rollins/home-of-joe-cole-henry-rollins</link>
				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/henry-rollins/home-of-joe-cole-henry-rollins/detail-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[culture clash records : beautiful anonymous]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/beautiful-anonymous/culture-clash-records</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Tim Friedman (under short-lived anonymity) called Chris Gethard for advice about a job change.  The result was the salvation of this independent music retailer. 
 
How much more info would you like?
<a href="https://www.earwolf.com/episode/vinyl-market-researcher/">1 hour</a>
<a href="https://www.cultureclashrecords.com/about/">7 paragraphs</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/beautiful-anonymous/culture-clash-records/detail-2567</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2018 06:10:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[genova&#039;s chestnut inn : the louvin brothers, ira louvin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-louvin-brothers-ira-louvin/genovas-chestnut-inn</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After the legendary gospel/country act The Louvin Brothers split up in 1963, Ira Louvin headed back to his native Arkansas to work on his solo album.

Two years later, he was playing a series of shows at Genova's Chestnut Inn in Kansas City, MO with his fourth wife and recording partner, Anne Young.  Ira had called his mother right around that time to say that the road was bringing out his old drinking demons, and that he was ready to stop touring.

On the way back to Arkansas on June 20, 1965, Ira and his wife (as well as 3 others) were killed near Williamsburg, Missouri on Highway 70 when a drunk driver veered into their lane and hit their vehicle head-on.

Genova's Chestnut Inn appears to still be functioning, although at least partly as the Shady Lady Lounge, an adult entertainment venue.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-louvin-brothers-ira-louvin/genovas-chestnut-inn/detail-2566</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2018 00:11:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mellow tiger bar (exterior) : castle rock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/castle-rock/mellow-tiger-bar-exterior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This small building in Orange, MA, formerly a clothing store, became the exterior of the Mellow Tiger Bar for Hulu's Stephen King-inspired show set in the fictional town of Castle Rock. The bar's name is an easter egg reference to a bar in King's 1991 novel <em>Needful Things.</em>

Don't expect candlepin bowling inside. The interior bar with its two bowling lanes was likely filmed on a soundstage.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/castle-rock/mellow-tiger-bar-exterior/detail-2565</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:24:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[royal albert hall : adele, the byrds, nick cave and the bad seeds, the who]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/adele-the-byrds-nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds-the-who/royal-albert-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[London's Royal Albert Hall opened in 1871 named after Queen Victoria's late husband Prince Albert. 

Over 50 live albums have been recorded here including The Byrds&rsquo; <em>Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971</em> (recorded in 1971 and released in 2008), Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds&rsquo; <em>Live at The Royal Albert Hall</em> (recorded in 1997 and released in 2008), The Who&rsquo;s <em>Live at The Royal Albert Hall</em> (recorded in 2000/2002 and released in 2003), and Adele&rsquo;s <em>Live At The Royal Albert Hall</em> (recorded and released in 2011).

Don&rsquo;t be fooled by Bob Dylan&rsquo;s <em>Live 1966: The &ldquo;Royal Albert Hall&rdquo; Concert</em>. It was actually recorded at Manchester Free Trade Hall. Likewise, Creedence Clearwater Revival&rsquo;s <em>The Royal Albert Hall Concert</em> released in 1980 was found later to have been recorded in 1970 at the Oakland Coliseum, and it was renamed <em>The Concert</em> when it was reissued. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/adele-the-byrds-nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds-the-who/royal-albert-hall/detail-2564</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 19:24:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[landmark mall : wonder woman 1984]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wonder-woman-1984/landmark-mall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Some (or maybe all... who knows) of <em>Wonder Woman&rsquo;s</em> upcoming sequel <em>Wonder Woman 1984</em> was filmed at Alexandria, Virginia&rsquo;s Landmark Mall. Perhaps I&rsquo;ll update this with more info when the movie (or a trailer) comes out, but then again probably not.

The Landmark Mall has been closed for renovations since 2017. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wonder-woman-1984/landmark-mall/detail-2563</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2018 20:38:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wind gap, missouri : sharp objects]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/sharp-objects/wind-gap-missouri</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Barnesville, Georgia (gotta love those tax breaks) was dressed up as the fictional  Missouri bootheel town of Wind Gap for HBO&rsquo;s <em>Sharp Objects</em> based on Gillian Flynn&rsquo;s debut novel.

The "Welcome to Wind Gap" mural on the corner of Market and Mill St. was reportedly loved enough by the town that they decided to keep it, but I can&rsquo;t tell you for how long.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/sharp-objects/wind-gap-missouri/detail-2562</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 20:13:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[taqueria tlaxcalli  : blue wave 2018]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/blue-wave-2018/taqueria-tlaxcalli</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Favorite restaurant of Democratic up-and-comer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5uOa7NGLJE" target="_blank">Crowley/Ocasio-Cortez debate</a>).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/blue-wave-2018/taqueria-tlaxcalli/detail-2561</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2018 06:21:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[millard house : frank lloyd wright, westworld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright-westworld/millard-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Frank Lloyd Wright designed and built the Millard house in 1923.

He built four Mayan Revival-style houses like this in the Los Angeles area in the early 1920s. <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blade-runner/frank-lloyd-wrights-ennis-house">The Ennis House</a>, which has appeared in dozens of movies and tv shows, is probably the most familiar of this textile-block design.

You can see the Millard House in HBO&rsquo;s Westworld as the house Arnold is constructing for his family, and it&rsquo;s also where Ford builds (and Delores tests) Bernard. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright-westworld/millard-house/detail-2560</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 00:14:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[academy of holy angels : the replacements, paul westerberg]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements-paul-westerberg/academy-of-holy-angels</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From <em>Trouble Boys</em>:

<em>The Academy of the Holy Angels in Richfield, a first-tier suburb just south of South Minneapolis, had been all-girls school for most of its first century.  

Founded in 1877 as an institution of learning for fledging nuns, it became a private day school in 1931.  It began admitting boys in 1972.  Paul Westerberg was a member of the second class that included males.  

"I was a little hesitant to go 'cause it had been all-girls," he said.  "But that also meant there was gonna be a lot of chicks there."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements-paul-westerberg/academy-of-holy-angels/detail-2558</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 21:47:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paul westerberg boyhood home : the replacements, paul westerberg]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements-paul-westerberg/paul-westerberg-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From <em>Trouble Boys</em>:

<em>"Paul's first years were spent at 3734 Pleasant Ave, kitty-corner from the Church of the Incarnation, where Hal and Mary Lou had been married.

The house was within eyesight of the Catholic school Paul attended until he was a teenager."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements-paul-westerberg/paul-westerberg-boyhood-home/detail-2557</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 20:53:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[liberty motel : logan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/logan/liberty-motel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Aloha Motel outside of New Orleans was dressed to appear as the Liberty Motel where Logan first meets Laura / X-23 in 2017&rsquo;s Wolverine movie <em>Logan.</em> The building&rsquo;s signage recontextualizes Professor X&rsquo;s statement about the Statue of Liberty earlier in the film which just sounded at the time like a confused old man ruminating about the adventures in the first X-men movie.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/logan/liberty-motel/detail-2556</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 20:13:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where andre the giant died : andre the giant]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/andre-the-giant/where-andre-the-giant-died</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On January 27, 1993, while he was in his home country of France to attend his father&rsquo;s funeral, Andr&eacute; Roussimoff, better known as Andre the Giant, died of a heart attack at the age of 46 in the room where he was staying at the Hotel de La Tr&eacute;moille. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/andre-the-giant/where-andre-the-giant-died/detail-2555</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 20:22:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rajneeshpuram : intentional community, cults]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/intentional-community-cults/rajneeshpuram</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1981 to 1985, the followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh built and lived in the city of Rajneeshpuram on the 64,000+ acres of the Big Muddy Ranch near the small town of Antelope, OR.

This became the subject of the 8-hour documentary, <em>Wild Wild West</em>.  While the Rajneeshees religious practice and beliefs are generally glossed over, the film delves into (sometimes staggering) detail about the power dynamics between the community and the surrounding city, county, state, and federal governments, and eventually themselves.  

Highlights include the first bio-attack in American history, mass transport of homeless people and blendered beavers.

Two thumbs up.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/intentional-community-cults/rajneeshpuram/detail-2554</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:22:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bradshaw funeral home : the replacements]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements/bradshaw-funeral-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>"The family made sure his sleeves were rolled up so everyone could see his tattoos."</em>

So begins <em>Trouble Boys</em>, the fascinatingly thorough chronicle of The Replacements by Bob Mehr.

Bob Stinson, original lead guitarist for The Replacements, had his funeral service at this location (then called McDivitt-Hauge Funeral Home) on February 22, 1995.  

Bob had died at the age of 35 not of overdose or suicide, but of organ failure.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements/bradshaw-funeral-home/detail-2553</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 02:22:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lake oahe : indigenous rights, environmental movement]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/indigenous-rights-environmental-movement/lake-oahe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The fourth largest reservoir by volume in the United States, Lake Oahe, is the product of the Oahe Dam on the Missouri River.  

Native American culture runs deep in these parts: the western part of the lake is split into the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation and the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.  The legendary Sioux leader, Sitting Bull, may be buried at two possible sites near the lake.

In the 1960s, the US Army Corps of Engineers initiated 5 dams that flooded 200,000 acres of the habitable land in this area.  As of 2015, the poverty rate is still associated with the history of this event.

In 2016, the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) made repeated attempts to cross Lake Oahe to bring crude oil from the Bakken oil fields in the northwestern corner of North Dakota to the oil refinery at Pakota, Illinois.

Many Bothans died to bring you this information.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/indigenous-rights-environmental-movement/lake-oahe/detail-2552</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:01:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[la silla observatory : exoplanets, space exploration]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/exoplanets-space-exploration/la-silla-observatory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located 600 km (373 miles) north of Santiago, in the superlatively arid Atacama Desert, is La Silla Observatory.

Spanish for <em>The Saddle</em>, La Silla is so-named for the geological contours of its mountaintop perch.  The European Space Agency (ESO) owns and operates the multiple telescopes at the location, and they've been responsible for making numerous discoveries.

Among the recent discoveries is the TRAPPIST-1 system, located 39.6 light-years away in the Aquarius constellation.  Named for the telescope located at La Silla that originally revealed it, the TRAPPIST-1 system contains 7 rocky exoplanets, with at least 3 of those in the "habitable zone" (containing liquid water).  

Download your travel poster at <a href="https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1481/new-clues-to-compositions-of-trappist-1-planets/" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/exoplanets-space-exploration/la-silla-observatory/detail-2551</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 21:51:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mo&#039;s lounge : the pixies, the breeders]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pixies-the-breeders/mos-lounge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Kim &amp; Kelley Deal's first gig.

"The first time I ever sang a song in front of anybody was 'Carwash'"
- <a href="http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-863-kim-deal">Kim Deal</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pixies-the-breeders/mos-lounge/detail-2550</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2017 08:00:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the magic castle : the florida project]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-florida-project/the-magic-castle</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Halley &amp; Moonee's home.  

Guests love the wonderful staff.  They claim it to be very clean and they love its great location.  Thanks <a href="https://www.booking.com/hotel/us/magic-castle-inn-suites-motel.html">booking.com</a>!]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-florida-project/the-magic-castle/detail-2549</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:36:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nathan bateman&#039;s house : ex machina]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ex-machina/nathan-batemans-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[For 1750 Norwegian Kroner (roughly $200) you can spend a night in the home of Ex Machina&rsquo;s reclusive tech billionaire Nathan Bateman. 

The <a href="http://www.juvet.com" target="_blank">Juvet Landscape Hotel</a> features nine stand-alone rooms designed to feel integrated into the natural environment along with a spa area, a farmhouse for large gatherings and (as far as I know) no scheming, murderous A.I.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ex-machina/nathan-batemans-house/detail-2547</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2017 22:39:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bridgewater state hospital : titicut follies (1967)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/titicut-follies-1967/bridgewater-state-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the mid-60's, filmmakers Frederick Wiseman and John Marshall spent 29 days at the horrific Bridgewater State Hospital in Bridgewater, MA.  

The resulting documentary is the cin&eacute;ma v&eacute;rit&eacute; classic, <em>Titicut Follies</em>.

The film shocked audiences with its unfiltered depictions of the brutal treatment of patient-inmates.  It also launched Wiseman's career: making expos&eacute; documentaries about social institutions in a style of direct cinema that could be best described as "a fly on the wall" filmmaking.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/titicut-follies-1967/bridgewater-state-hospital/detail-2546</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:52:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eat at judy&#039;s : twin peaks: the return]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/eat-at-judys</link>
				<description><![CDATA[With one letter change Eat at Rudy&rsquo;s here in Wilmington, California became Eat at Judy&rsquo;s located in Odessa, Texas where Agent Cooper gets into a scuffle and deep fries some guns in the last episode of <em>Twin Peaks: The Return.</em>

Judy&rsquo;s is an obvious reference to Jowday (aka Judy), the mysterious antagonist of season three.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/eat-at-judys/detail-2545</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2017 19:35:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nike missile site ms-70 : cold war, nuclear weapons]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/cold-war-nuclear-weapons/nike-missile-site-ms-70</link>
				<description><![CDATA[During the Cold War from 1959 until 1972, the Twin Cities were protected by four missile battery sites.  This is one of those four locations.  The actual Nike-Hercules missile (or a reproduction of one) can be seen in a park in nearby St. Bonifacius.

The missiles were stored on underground rails and were brought to the surface by elevators.  They were meant to bring down long-range enemy bombers.

All of the Nike sites were decommissioned on Feb. 4th, 1978.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/cold-war-nuclear-weapons/nike-missile-site-ms-70/detail-2543</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 23:21:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[elk&#039;s point #9 bar : twin peaks: the return]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/elks-point-9-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palmer shows her dark side at the Elk&rsquo;s Point #9 Bar (or Elk&rsquo;s #9 Point Bar?) in <em>Twin Peaks: The Return</em>. 

This bar, Smokey Joe's Tavern in Snoqualmie, is one of the few filming locations from the new series actually located in the Pacific Northwest. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/elks-point-9-bar/detail-2542</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:21:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[silver mustang casino : twin peaks: the return]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/silver-mustang-casino</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Commerce Casino in California stood in for the Mitchum brothers&rsquo; Las Vegas casino The Silver Mustang where Agent Cooper (as Dougie Jones), guided by the Red Room, wins thirty mega jackpots in <em>Twin Peaks: The Return</em>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/silver-mustang-casino/detail-2541</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:19:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lucky 7 insurance office building : twin peaks: the return]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/lucky-7-insurance-office-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Don&rsquo;t expect to find many of the Las Vegas locations from <em>Twin Peaks: The Return</em> in Nevada. The office building where Dougie Jones worked is in Glendale, CA. 

Sadly, you won&rsquo;t see the statue of the cowboy with the gun here in the plaza... it was a prop set up just for the show.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/lucky-7-insurance-office-building/detail-2540</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:15:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[max von&#039;s bar : twin peaks: the return]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/max-vons-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On a rainy night in Philadelphia Albert tracks down Diane at Max Von&rsquo;s. This brief scene was filmed at Casey&rsquo;s Irish Pub in LA. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/max-vons-bar/detail-2539</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:11:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the house in rancho rosa estates : twin peaks: the return]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/the-house-in-rancho-rosa-estates</link>
				<description><![CDATA[We first meet Dougie Jones at this house in the suburban development of Rancho Rosa Estates. It&rsquo;s not located in Las Vegas but in California where much of <em>Twin Peaks: The Return</em> was filmed.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/the-house-in-rancho-rosa-estates/detail-2538</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:07:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dougie jones&#039;s house : twin peaks: the return]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/dougie-joness-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dougie&rsquo;s Lancelot Court house with the red door can be found north of LA in this Stevenson Ranch suburb.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks-the-return/dougie-joness-house/detail-2537</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:02:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hap&#039;s diner : fire walk with me, twin peaks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fire-walk-with-me-twin-peaks/haps-diner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Chris Isaak and Kiefer Sutherland grab a bite to eat in the wee hours of the night at Hap&rsquo;s Diner where Teresa Banks worked in <em>Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.</em> These scenes were filmed at the Fall City Diner/Grill/Bistro which no longer appears to be open for business.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fire-walk-with-me-twin-peaks/haps-diner/detail-2535</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 19:51:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the blue diamond motel : fire walk with me, twin peaks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fire-walk-with-me-twin-peaks/the-blue-diamond-motel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the Twin Peaks prequel <em>Fire Walk with Me</em> Leland Palmer arranges a rendezvous through Teresa Banks with two other women at the Blue Diamond Motel but then &lsquo;chickens out&rsquo; when he sees that one of the women is his daughter. This flashback was filmed at the Mount Si Motel in North Bend.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fire-walk-with-me-twin-peaks/the-blue-diamond-motel/detail-2533</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 19:42:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[portrait of basquiat being welcomed by the metropolitan police : banksy, jean-michel basquiat]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy-jean-michel-basquiat/portrait-of-basquiat-being-welcomed-by-the-metropolitan-police</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Banksy&rsquo;s &lsquo;Portrait of Basquiat being welcomed by the Metropolitan Police &ndash; an (unofficial) collaboration with the new Basquiat show&rsquo; featuring a character appropriated from Basquiat&rsquo;s &lsquo;Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump&rsquo; appeared in the Barbican Tunnel just before the September 2017 opening of a Basquiat showcase at the Barbican Center in London. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy-jean-michel-basquiat/portrait-of-basquiat-being-welcomed-by-the-metropolitan-police/detail-2531</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2017 19:27:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[uss pueblo : north korea, totalitarianism]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/north-korea-totalitarianism/uss-pueblo</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The USS Pueblo started life on the shores of Lake Michigan, at the Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, on April 16, 1944. 

After several twists and turns, she found herself as a "spy ship" hovering around the Tsushima Strait in the Sea of Japan.  On January 23, 1968, the North Koreans attempted to assassinate the president of South Korea.  Feeling a bit overzealous, they sent a sub out to capture the Pueblo as well.

For 11 months, 82 crewmen were held in captivity.  They were subjected to a show trial and found their images used for propaganda, so they constantly gave the middle finger to the camera, telling the North Koreans it meant "Good Luck" in Hawaiian.

The crew was released in December of 1968.  Today, the Pueblo is moored in the Potong River in Pyongyang as a museum ship against the imperialist capitalist overlords.  

Currently, it is the only US Navy ship commissioned that is being held captive.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/north-korea-totalitarianism/uss-pueblo/detail-2530</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:53:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[great northern hotel (interior) / blue pine lodge : twin peaks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/great-northern-hotel-interior-blue-pine-lodge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, WA pulled double duty in <em>Twin Peaks</em> as both the interior of the Great Northern Hotel and the interior/exterior of the Blue Pine Lodge where Pete and Catherine Martell lived along with Josie Packard. 

Outside you can still find the log where Laura Palmer's body was found, and a plaque commemorates the pivotal scene in the pilot episode.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/great-northern-hotel-interior-blue-pine-lodge/detail-2529</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:56:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the bookhouse (interior) : twin peaks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/the-bookhouse-interior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exterior of The Bookhouse is a building just behind <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/the-roadhouse">The Roadhouse</a>, but the interior is a California location. The scenes in the first season of <em>Twin Peaks</em> were filmed at The Old Place, a restaurant outside of Los Angeles.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/the-bookhouse-interior/detail-2527</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:49:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the roadhouse (interior) : twin peaks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/the-roadhouse-interior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the <em>Twin Peaks</em> pilot episode the interior scenes at the Roadhouse were filmed at the Raisbeck Performance Hall in Seattle before the set was recreated on a sound stage for later episodes.

The <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/the-roadhouse">exterior shot of the Roadhouse</a> is thirty miles east in Fall City.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/the-roadhouse-interior/detail-2526</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:42:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wreckage of u-2 spy plane : the cold war]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/the-cold-war/wreckage-of-u-2-spy-plane</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On May Day (May 1) in 1960, Francis Gary Powers was flying a mission in a Lockheed U-2 spy plane when a series of missiles brought down his plane near Svedlovsk.  The plane crashed but was not destroyed, and and a sensationalized trial led to Powers being convicted and sentenced to 3 years of prison and 7 years hard labor (he was traded for a Soviet spy after 21 months).

Today, the wreckage of the U-2 can be viewed at the Central Armed Forces Museum (formerly known as The Museum of the Soviet Army).

We'd like it back now, please and thank you.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/the-cold-war/wreckage-of-u-2-spy-plane/detail-2525</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 12:04:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;la dolce vita&quot; beach from final scene : la dolce vita, federico fellini, marcello mastroianni]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/la-dolce-vita-federico-fellini-marcello-mastroianni/la-dolce-vita-beach-from-final-scene</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the beach where in the final scene of "La Dolce Vita" Marcello Mastroianni sits. Fellini often chose this area, in particular Fregene, to shoot many of his movies.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/la-dolce-vita-federico-fellini-marcello-mastroianni/la-dolce-vita-beach-from-final-scene/detail-2524</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 05:20:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[murder of pier paolo pasolini : pier paolo pasolini]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/pier-paolo-pasolini/murder-of-pier-paolo-pasolini</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is where the dead body of journalist, poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini was found at 6.00am on Sunday November 2nd 1972.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/pier-paolo-pasolini/murder-of-pier-paolo-pasolini/detail-2523</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 05:01:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[colosseum scene : my own private idaho, river phoenix, keanu reeves, gus van sant]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/my-own-private-idaho-river-phoenix-keanu-reeves-gus-van-sant/colosseum-scene</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the 1991 movie "My Own Private Idaho" Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix travel to Rome. In one scene they stand in this park by the Colosseum. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/my-own-private-idaho-river-phoenix-keanu-reeves-gus-van-sant/colosseum-scene/detail-2522</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 01:13:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[twin peaks sheriff&#039;s department : twin peaks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/twin-peaks-sheriffs-department</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department is currently home to a rally driving school, and the lobby where scenes were filmed for <em>Twin Peaks</em> is now a mini museum to rally driving. The building was formerly the gatehouse of the Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Mill across the road which opened as the country's second all-electric lumber mill in 1917 and shut down in 1989. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/twin-peaks-sheriffs-department/detail-2521</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 21:48:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[laura palmer&#039;s house : twin peaks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/laura-palmers-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Home to Leland, Sarah and Laura Palmer in David Lynch's <em>Twin Peaks</em> and <em>Fire Walk with Me</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/laura-palmers-house/detail-2520</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:38:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[phone booth scene  : hudson hawk, bruce wills, james coburn]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/hudson-hawk-bruce-wills-james-coburn/phone-booth-scene</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This the side of piazza Navona where Bruce Willis is talking in a phone booth - which existed only in the movie - before meeting James Coburn.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/hudson-hawk-bruce-wills-james-coburn/phone-booth-scene/detail-2519</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 18:09:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mayflower&#039;s hq : hudson hawk, bruce willis, ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/hudson-hawk-bruce-willis/mayflowers-hq</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Palazzo delle Civilt&agrave; Romana, or "square colosseum" as romans call it, was used as the headquarters of the Mayflower Industries in Rome.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/hudson-hawk-bruce-willis/mayflowers-hq/detail-2518</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 17:56:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;la dolce vita&quot; fountain scene : la dolce vita, marcello mastroianni]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/la-dolce-vita-marcello-mastroianni/la-dolce-vita-fountain-scene</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This the fountain where Anita Ekberg invites Marcello Mastroianni to join her in the famous scene from la Dolce Vita. The film by Federico Fellini won the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and the Oscar for Best Costumes, and remains one of the most critically acclaimed films of all time.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/la-dolce-vita-marcello-mastroianni/la-dolce-vita-fountain-scene/detail-2517</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 17:41:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hotel where kurt cobain overdosed in 94 : nirvana, kurt cobain, courtney love]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-kurt-cobain-courtney-love/hotel-where-kurt-cobain-overdosed-in-94</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Exelcior Hotel in Via Veneto is where Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love stayed in February 1994 a few days after Nirvana's gig in Palaghiaccio di Marino (22 of February 1994). Courtney Love found Kurt sensless (he was in a coma) in his hotel room after he had attempted suicide by taking Roipnol and Champaigne. He was taken to the Umberto I hospital first then to a private clinic. Two months later he would commit suicide in his house in Seattle.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-kurt-cobain-courtney-love/hotel-where-kurt-cobain-overdosed-in-94/detail-2516</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 08:12:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rino gaetano car accident : rino gaetano]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rino-gaetano/rino-gaetano-car-accident</link>
				<description><![CDATA[34 year old singer Rino Gaetano died in a car accident June 2nd 1981 in this spot. His car impacted with a truck coming the opposite direction.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rino-gaetano/rino-gaetano-car-accident/detail-2515</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 07:56:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[durham county courthouse : civil rights movement, american civil war]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/civil-rights-movement-american-civil-war/durham-county-courthouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Outside of the Durham County Courthouse, a statue was erected by the Daughters of the American Confederacy in 1924 to celebrate the soldiers of the Confederate South during the American Civil War.

The statue just kind of loomed there, in front of the institutional housing of regional justice, until August 14th, 2017.

On that day, a group of activists reacting to the events of Charlottesville, VA a couple days prior, took it upon themselves to remove the monument.

From The Atlantic: <em>"In what might seem a blunt metaphor for the fate of Confederate symbols in progressive Southern cities like Durham, the statue tumbled down with barely any effort, crumpling at the feet of its imposing granite pedestal."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/civil-rights-movement-american-civil-war/durham-county-courthouse/detail-2514</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 09:16:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bo&#039;s diner : baby driver]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/baby-driver/bos-diner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[If you are hoping to have a Coke at the actual Bo's Diner where Debora works in <em>Baby Driver</em> you are out of luck... but if you want to see the building that was dressed up to look like Bo's Diner during filming this is the place. 

(via reddit)]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/baby-driver/bos-diner/detail-2513</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 22:06:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[commander islands : stellar&#039;s sea cow, extinction]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/stellars-sea-cow-extinction/commander-islands</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Measuring up to 30 ft long and weighing 8.8-11 short tons, Stellar's Sea Cow was "discovered" in 1741 by the  Bering expedition at this location (the only confirmed area where they were ever seen).  

A relative of the manatee, the massive sea mammal was a slow-moving and social creature with no teeth (just keratinous plates).  True to form, the gentle creature was hunted to extinction by 1768.  

Great job, guys.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/stellars-sea-cow-extinction/commander-islands/detail-2512</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:09:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[basquiat&#039;s art studio : jean-michel basquiat]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/jean-michel-basquiat/basquiats-art-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jean-Michel Basquiat died of a heroin overdose at age 27 here at his art studio on Great Jones Street in Manhattan on August 12, 1988.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/jean-michel-basquiat/basquiats-art-studio/detail-2511</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 23:25:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mount washington : clock of the long now, jeff bezos]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/clock-of-the-long-now-jeff-bezos/mount-washington</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>"I want to build a clock that ticks once a year. The century hand advances once every 100 years, and the cuckoo comes out on the millennium. I want the cuckoo to come out every millennium for the next 10,000 years."- Danny Hill, The Long Now Foundation</em>

The Long Now Foundation purchased the 180 acres of Mt. Washington in Eastern Nevada, just off of Great Basin National Park, in 1999.  The group's intention is to complete a large scale project that encourages long-term thinking.  

A prototype of the project is currently being constructed in a mountain on Jeff Bezo's <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-new-space/blue-origin-launch-site">Corn Ranch in West Texas</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/clock-of-the-long-now-jeff-bezos/mount-washington/detail-2510</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2017 21:53:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[38.914947, -114.309163 : jeff bezos, clock of the long now]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jeff-bezos-clock-of-the-long-now/38914947-114309163</link>
				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jeff-bezos-clock-of-the-long-now/38914947-114309163/detail-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[brexit mural : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/brexit-mural</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Banksy's critique of Brexit appeared on the side of a Castle Amusements building in Dover, next to the ferry port connecting the UK with France, in early May 2017. The family that owns the building plans to attempt to sell the piece, although that same family was thwarted by a judge in 2015 after trying to sell an earlier Banksy piece. Who knows how long this one will stick around.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/brexit-mural/detail-2508</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 19:31:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gimghoul castle : secret societies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/secret-societies/gimghoul-castle</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1924 out of 1300 tons of rough stone, this castle is the home of the University of North Carolina secret society known as the Order of Gimghoul.  

The Gimghoul Castle (also known as the Hippol Castle) has an origin tale stemming from an 18-year old student, Peter Dromgoole, supposedly killed in a duel over a fair maiden at the location.  His blood is said to have stained a rock that guards the castle's entrance to this day.  There are other versions of this story that are equally melodramatic.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/secret-societies/gimghoul-castle/detail-2507</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 19:13:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the highway on the ok computer album cover : radiohead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/radiohead/the-highway-on-the-ok-computer-album-cover</link>
				<description><![CDATA[All credit to reddit for this where a sleuth <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/radiohead/comments/6a2puq/a_roadgeek_forum_just_helped_me_track_down_the/" target="_blank">worked out</a> the location of the highway intersection on the cover of Radiohead's <em>OK Computer</em> using the expanded artwork from the 20th anniversary re-release, a forum for people really into highways and surprisingly not an obsessive amount of time. It's I-84 and I-91 in Hartford, CT if you want to have a visit. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/radiohead/the-highway-on-the-ok-computer-album-cover/detail-2506</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 18:54:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the walled off hotel : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/the-walled-off-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Banksy's Walled Off Hotel, (yes, an actual hotel where you can book an overnight stay) opened in Bethlehem in March of 2017 directly next to the wall separating the state of Israel from Palestine. Guests can occupy rooms decorated by Banksy and other artists, or the budget-conscious traveller can choose a room 'outfitted with surplus items from an Israeli military barracks.'

An art gallery and a piano bar featuring player piano compositions by Massive Attack, Trent Reznor and others are open daily to the public, and at the Wall-Mart next door you can buy graffiti supplies to add your own mark to the separating wall.

Find out more here about <a href="http://walledoffhotel.com/" target="_blank">Banksy's Walled Off Hotel</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/the-walled-off-hotel/detail-2505</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 20:28:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wrangel island : mammoths, extinction]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/mammoths-extinction/wrangel-island</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the Arctic Ocean off the Siberian coast, Wrangel Island is thought to be the last known location for wooly mammoths.  

Research indicates that the mammoths were inhabiting the island as late as 2000 BC, which is nearly 5,000 years after they are thought to have gone extinct on the mainland.

Today, Wrangel Island is home to a weather station and to Chukchi (indigenous Arctic) fishing villages.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/mammoths-extinction/wrangel-island/detail-2504</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2017 00:54:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dar al islam : brother ali, tupac shakur]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/brother-ali-tupac-shakur/dar-al-islam</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The video for Brother Ali&rsquo;s 'Never Learn,' a single off his 2017 album <em>All the Beauty in This Whole Life</em>, is set at Dar al Islam, a Muslim retreat and resource center in New Mexico.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQyypr9cp8I" target="_blank">Watch Brother Ali hang out with a white horse in the video for 'Never Learn.'</a>

Tupac's video for 'I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto,' released in 1997 as his first posthumous single, was also filmed at Dar al Islam (labeled in the video as located in Rukahs, New Mexico... Shakur spelled backward). ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/brother-ali-tupac-shakur/dar-al-islam/detail-2503</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 22:03:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[recckio&#039;s bowling center : buffalo &#039;66]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/buffalo-66/recckios-bowling-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Billy and Layla span time as a couple at Recckio's Lanes in Vincent Gallo's <em>Buffalo '66</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/buffalo-66/recckios-bowling-center/detail-2502</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ryugyong hotel : north korea, totalitarianism]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/north-korea-totalitarianism/ryugyong-hotel(hyoksin-street-pyongyang-pyongyang-north-korea)</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From reddit:<em> "The Ryugyong Hotel is an unfinished 105-story, 330 metres (1,080 ft) tall pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. The building is also known as the 105 Building, a reference to its number of floors.

Construction began in 1987 but was halted in 1992 as North Korea entered a period of economic crisis after the fall of the Soviet Union. After 1992 the building stood topped out, but without any windows or interior fittings. 

In 2008 construction resumed, and the exterior was completed in 2011. It was planned to open the hotel in 2012, the centenary of Kim Il-sung's birth, but this did not happen. 

A partial opening was announced for 2013, but this was also cancelled. As of 2017, the building remains unopened."</em>
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/north-korea-totalitarianism/ryugyong-hotel(hyoksin-street-pyongyang-pyongyang-north-korea)/detail-2500</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2017 02:33:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bighead&#039;s incubator : silicon valley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/silicon-valley/bigheads-incubator</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bighead has his incubator set up at this posh home in season 3, episode 4 of <em>Silicon Valley</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/silicon-valley/bigheads-incubator/detail-2497</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2017 04:21:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[heptapod landing area : arrival (2016)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/arrival-2016/heptapod-landing-area</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Arrival, the serene meadows of Montana were invaded by the hovering heptapod stone-egg ships.  

This picturesque backdrop is actually located outside the town of Rimouski in Quebec, near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River.  

The Canadian director spoke of the location, &ldquo;It was strange for me to create something foreign in Quebec.  But as a Canadian it was a pleasure to bring U.S. money back home.&rdquo;  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/arrival-2016/heptapod-landing-area/detail-2496</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2017 23:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[twin palms : frank sinatra]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/frank-sinatra/twin-palms</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ol' Blue Eyes was definitely a trend-setter with this example of Desert Modernism: Twin Palms.  Originally wanting a Georgian mansion in the desert, the architectural firm of E. Stewart Williams convinced Frank to go with something a bit more location appropriate.  The result is a late 40's construction of low clean angles, wide windows, and desert views.  

Twin Palms can be your vacation home for the low price of $2,600 a night.  Martinis not included.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/frank-sinatra/twin-palms/detail-2495</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2017 22:16:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the blind man&#039;s house : don&#039;t breathe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/dont-breathe/the-blind-mans-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Money, Rocky and Alex picked the wrong Detroit house to burgle in <em>Don't Breathe</em>.

Interiors (and some exterior scenes with the help of a replica of the facade) were filmed on a sound stage in Hungary.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/dont-breathe/the-blind-mans-house/detail-2494</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2017 20:52:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cafe milano : pod save america, crooked media]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/pod-save-america-crooked-media/cafe-milano</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A hot-spot of journalists, lobbyists, diplomats, and a place "Where to Meet Wealthy, Attractive Democrats" (according to dc.eater.org). 

The restaurant is oft-referenced in the podcast "Pod Save America."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/pod-save-america-crooked-media/cafe-milano/detail-2493</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2017 10:04:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pico garden market : the greasy strangler]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-greasy-strangler/pico-garden-market</link>
				<description><![CDATA[According to noted bullshit artist Big Ronnie on his Disco Tour, 'this very store here is where Kool from Kool & the Gang worked before he exploded onto the disco scene.']]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-greasy-strangler/pico-garden-market/detail-2492</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2017 02:58:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the corner : common]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/common/the-corner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[It might not be <em>the</em> corner, but Chicago native Common kicks a verse or two on the corner of S Evans and E 79th in the video for 'The Corner' off his 2005 album <em>Be</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/common/the-corner/detail-2491</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:10:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[skoob books : jj doom, mf doom]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jj-doom-mf-doom/skoob-books</link>
				<description><![CDATA[MF Doom wanders around London's Skoob Books with a mirror on his face in the video for BOOKHEAD off the JJ Doom album <em>Key to the Kuffs</em>. JJ Doom is one of MF Doom's many collaborations, this one with DJ and producer Jneiro Jarel. 

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTCI_bqMi_w" target="_blank">Watch the video for BOOKHEAD</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jj-doom-mf-doom/skoob-books/detail-2489</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 21:31:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[delta blues museum : delta blues, muddy waters]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/delta-blues-muddy-waters/delta-blues-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Established in 1979 and re-organized as a stand-alone museum in 1999, the Delta Blues Museum is a place "where visitors find meaning, value, and perspective by exploring the history and heritage of the unique American musical art form of the blues."

Notably, the museum houses the shack where Muddy Waters spent his youth on the Stovall Plantation.

The museum has been located in a former railroad depot since 1999. The building, constructed circa 1918, served as the passenger rail depot of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.

Across the street is Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero blues club.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/delta-blues-muddy-waters/delta-blues-museum/detail-2488</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:18:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mirador de la flor : selena]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/selena/mirador-de-la-flor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From Wikipedia: 

<em>Mirador de la Flor ("Lookout of the Flower") is a monument in Corpus Christi, Texas that was unveiled in 1997 to honor Selena Quintanilla-P&eacute;rez, the Tejano singer who was murdered by her assistant and head of her fan club Yolanda Sald&iacute;var, two years earlier at the age of 23.</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/selena/mirador-de-la-flor/detail-2487</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2016 07:35:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[word origin: sardonic : word origin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/word-origin/word-origin-sardonic</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Webster's dictionary defines the word sardonic as "disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking."

The word originates from the ancient peoples of the island of Sardinia off the Italian coast (from Wikipedia):

<em>In 2009, scientists at the University of Eastern Piedmont in Italy claimed to have identified hemlock water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata) as the plant responsible for producing the sardonic grin.

This plant is the candidate for the "sardonic herb," which was a neurotoxic plant used for the ritual killing of elderly people in pre-Roman Sardinia. When these people were unable to support themselves, they were intoxicated with this herb and then dropped from a high rock or beaten to death.</em>

That is so totally metal.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/word-origin/word-origin-sardonic/detail-2486</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2016 19:00:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cedarwood rd : u2]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/u2/cedarwood-rd</link>
				<description><![CDATA[10 Cedarwood Rd is the address of Bono's childhood home in Dublin.  It's also the subject of the U2 song, "Cedarwood Rd."  

The song was featured on Episode 42 of the <em>Song Exploder</em> podcast.  No word on whether it will show up uninvited on the next Apple device launch.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/u2/cedarwood-rd/detail-2485</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2016 10:06:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[susi earnshaw theatre school : amy winehouse]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/amy-winehouse/susi-earnshaw-theatre-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1989 by journalist Susi Earnshaw and her musician husband David Earnshaw, this full-time private school specializes in academics and performing arts in Barnet, North London.

In 1992, Amy Winehouse attended the school after being urged to do so by her grandmother.  Winehouse attended the school on Sundays for four years, taking vocal lessons and learning how to tap dance.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/amy-winehouse/susi-earnshaw-theatre-school/detail-2484</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 19:55:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the cobden club : amy winehouse]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/amy-winehouse/the-cobden-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Named after but unaffiliated with a political gentlemen's club that existed from 1886 to the 1970s, the Cobden Club was a bar/restaurant that opened its doors in 1996 and closed in the 2010s.

Amy Winehouse had a regular weekly gig at the club singing jazz standards in the early 2000s.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/amy-winehouse/the-cobden-club/detail-2483</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2016 03:56:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chase farm hospital : amy winehouse]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/amy-winehouse/chase-farm-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Amy Jade Winehouse was born at this hospital on September 14th, 1983.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/amy-winehouse/chase-farm-hospital/detail-2482</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 03:58:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[amy winehouse house : amy winehouse]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/amy-winehouse/amy-winehouse-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On July 23, 2011, ambulances arrived at the home of Amy Winehouse after a call from her bodyguard in an attempt to rescusitate her.  She was pronounced dead at the scene, with a blood alcohol level more than five times the legal driving limit (0.416%). A coroner's inquest reached a verdict of misadventure.  She was 27 years old.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/amy-winehouse/amy-winehouse-house/detail-2481</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 19:44:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[morehouse college : killer mike, big boi, guru]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/killer-mike-big-boi-guru/morehouse-college</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The alma matter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and several other African American leaders, Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta.

In 1995, Killer Mike briefly attended Morehouse College, where he met producers The Beat Bullies and eventually Big Boi of OutKast.  Gang Starr rapper Guru also attended Morehouse, as well as actor Samuel L. Jackson and director Spike Lee.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/killer-mike-big-boi-guru/morehouse-college/detail-2480</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 19:06:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sabathani community center : prince]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prince/sabathani-community-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Now a community center, Prince went to junior high and used to shoot hoops at this building.  The center is planning an outdoor party for 5,000-7,000 Prince fans on April 30, 2016.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prince/sabathani-community-center/detail-2479</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[thonis-heracleion : ancient egypt]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/ancient-egypt/thonis-heracleion</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A lost city with two names, Thonis-Heracleion was discovered about 6.5 km off the coast of Alexandria in 2000 by underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio.  Called Thonis by the Egyptians and Heracleion by the Greeks, this important port city was founded in the 8th century BC, and sank to the bottom of the Mediterranean by the 8th cetury AD.  To put that in context, Alexandria wasn't founded until 331 BC.

Goddio has been doing extensive excavations on the site, bringing up statues that I don't feel bashful calling marvelous.  Check out <a href="http://www.franckgoddio.org/projects/sunken-civilizations/heracleion.html" target="_blank">Goddio's website here</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/ancient-egypt/thonis-heracleion/detail-2478</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2016 04:46:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[trump tower : the dark knight rises (2012)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-dark-knight-rises-2012/trump-tower</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Trump Tower served as the shooting location of Wayne Enterprises in <em>The Dark Knight Rises</em> (2012).

Historically, Trump promised to preserve the Art Deco exterior sculptures of the building he tore down to construct Trump Tower and donate them to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (he didn't).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-dark-knight-rises-2012/trump-tower/detail-2477</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 05:54:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[loyola&#039;s : better call saul, breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/better-call-saul-breaking-bad/loyolas</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Wisely avoiding <a href="/locations/television/better-call-saul/the-nail-salon">his office</a>, Jimmy meets with the Kettlemans at Loyola's family restaurant in Albuquerque in season one of <em>Better Call Saul</em>.

 The diner is also a favorite spot of Mike's in <em>Breaking Bad</em>. He takes Jesse there in season four and meets with Lydia there in season five.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/better-call-saul-breaking-bad/loyolas/detail-2476</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 20:56:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mike&#039;s tollbooth : better call saul]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/better-call-saul/mikes-tollbooth</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The tollbooth in <em>Better Call Saul</em> where Mike is a 'stickler' for his stickers (feel free to use that one) is located at 1st and Marquette by the Albuquerque Convention Center.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/better-call-saul/mikes-tollbooth/detail-2475</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 20:52:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the nail salon : better call saul]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/better-call-saul/the-nail-salon</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jimmy operates his law practice out of a back room in this nail salon in season one of <em>Better Call Saul</em>. 

FYI it's not the same nail salon that Saul tries to convince Walter to buy as a way of laundering his money later on in <em>Breaking Bad</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/better-call-saul/the-nail-salon/detail-2474</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 20:49:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[country grammar block party : nelly]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nelly/country-grammar-block-party</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although Nelly was raised in the University City suburb of St. Louis, the muscle car-filled street party in the video for his debut single "Country Grammar" was filmed in North St. Louis near the intersection of Labadie Ave and Marcus Ave looking east.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5qKNlcUwKs" target="_blank">Watch the video for "Country Grammar"</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nelly/country-grammar-block-party/detail-2473</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2016 21:42:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[calumet county courthouse : making a murderer (2015)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/making-a-murderer-2015/calumet-county-courthouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The trials of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey took place at this courthouse from 2006-2007.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/making-a-murderer-2015/calumet-county-courthouse/detail-2472</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:56:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[800 ellice : my winnipeg]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/my-winnipeg/800-ellice</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Home.
White. Block. House.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/my-winnipeg/800-ellice/detail-2471</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:37:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the murder castle : chicago world&#039;s fair, serial killers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/chicago-worlds-fair-serial-killers/the-murder-castle</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Owner and operator of a drug store at this intersection, Dr. H. H. Holmes bought the adjacent lot and proceeded to construct a mammoth building.  The three-story building had a 162' x 50' footprint, and was dubbed "The Castle" in the neighborhood.  Holmes named it "The World's Fair Hotel", and it served as a hotel during the World's Columbian Exposition (aka The Chicago World's Fair) in 1893. 

Holmes constructed a variety of rooms with the intent of killing his boarders, and carried out numerous murders in "The Murder Castle."  He sold the skeletons of his victims to medical schools, while stealing the belongings of the deceased.  

The "Murder Castle" was burned from the inside by arsonists in 1895, but the building survived and remained in use until it was torn down in 1938. 

The story was retold in Erik Larsen's book <em>The Devil and the White City</em>, and an adaption of this work by Martin Scorsese with Leonardo DiCaprio is in production.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/chicago-worlds-fair-serial-killers/the-murder-castle/detail-2470</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2015 05:27:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[h.r. giger museum : h.r. giger]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/hr-giger/hr-giger-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[You can find the largest permanent collection of H.R. Giger's work at the Museum HR Giger located in the 400-year-old Saint-Germain Castle in the small town of Gruy&egrave;res, Switzerland.

A Giger Bar opened opposite the museum in 2003. Just like the <a href="/locations/art-and-design/hr-giger/giger-bar">Giger Bar in Chur</a>, this one is modeled after many of the biomechanical elements from the Alien films and designs for the Harkonnen furniture from Alejandro Jodorowsky's unproduced version of Dune.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/hr-giger/hr-giger-museum/detail-2469</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:54:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[luke cage&#039;s bar : jessica jones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/jessica-jones/luke-cages-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Alphabet City's 7B Horseshoe Bar is the stand in for the bar Luke Cage owns in the first season of Netflix's <em>Jessica Jones</em>. 

Many movies have also taken advantage of this East Village dive bar's ambiance over the years including <em>Crocodile Dundee</em>, <em>The Verdict</em> and <em>The Godfather II</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/jessica-jones/luke-cages-bar/detail-2468</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 21:15:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jarden, tx : the leftovers (2015)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-leftovers-2015/jarden-tx</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The town of Lockhart, TX- with its historic downtown and interesting color palette- is the filming location of Jarden, TX in the second season of <em>The Leftovers</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-leftovers-2015/jarden-tx/detail-2467</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:02:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pedernales state park : the leftovers (2015)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-leftovers-2015/pedernales-state-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This state park, located in central Texas, serves as the filming location of the miraculous spring/off-limit swimming area in Miracle State Park in the second season of <em>The Leftovers</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-leftovers-2015/pedernales-state-park/detail-2466</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 09:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[moore&#039;s crossing bridge : the leftovers (2015)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-leftovers-2015/moores-crossing-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The bridge that serves as the secure entrance to Miracle National Park and the town of Jarden, TX in the second season of <em>The Leftovers</em>.

The adjacent Moya Park serves as the filming locations for the encampment outside the area.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-leftovers-2015/moores-crossing-bridge/detail-2465</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 09:36:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[giger bar : h.r. giger]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/hr-giger/giger-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Giger Bar in Chur, Switzerland, Swiss-artist H.R. Giger's birthplace, is one of two Switzerland bars designed and modeled by Giger in the biomechanical style seen in the Alien movies. This third successful attempt at a Giger bar opened in 1992 after two disappointing and now long-closed Giger bars had opened in Tokyo and New York in the 1980s. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/hr-giger/giger-bar/detail-2464</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2015 22:18:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[giger bar : h. r. giger]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/h-r-giger/giger-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/h-r-giger/giger-bar/detail-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&amp;ouml;tzi the iceman : mummy, prehistoric people]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/mummy-prehistoric-people/otzi-the-iceman</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Found by hikers in 1991, "&Ouml;tzi" is Europe's oldest known natural human mummy.  Through forensic archaeology, it may also be the world's oldest murder cold case.  

The story of &Ouml;tzi was featured in Episode 3 of <a href="http://historyonfirepodcast.com/" target="_blank">History on Fire</a> podcast.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/mummy-prehistoric-people/otzi-the-iceman/detail-2462</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:56:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bataclan theatre : terrorism]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/terrorism/bataclan-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1864 and opened in 1865, the Bataclan is a caf&eacute;-concert theatre built in the Chinoiserie (European version of Chinese) style.  With historical appearances by notable figures as diverse as Buffalo Bill Cody and Edith Piaf, the Bataclan has been hosting rock acts since the 1970s.

The theatre was the scene of a coordinated terrorist attacks on Nov. 13, 2015, killing 89 people and injuring over 200.  The members of the band that evening, Eagles of Death Metal, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n74HBrrFnIc" target="_blank">were interviewed after</a> the attack for Vice.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/terrorism/bataclan-theatre/detail-2461</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 22:36:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cincinnati zoo : extincti animals, extinction, passenger pigeons]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/extincti-animals-extinction-passenger-pigeons/cincinnati-zoo</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Passenger pigeons were at one time the most abundant birds in North America.  Estimates of their population in the United States at the time of European arrival were between 3-5 billion.  On September 1, 1914, the last passenger pigeon (named Martha) died at the Cincinnati Zoo.

According to a 2014 study by Taiwanese biologist Chih-Ming Hung, the primary reasons for their extinction were commercial exploitation of pigeon meat on a massive scale and loss of habitat.  

The methods for hunting the bird read like an adaption of medieval torture methods: cut down trees with nests, set the tree on fire, poison the fire with sulfur to intoxicate them, etc.  

The dead pigeons were then stacked onto rail cars, shipped across the country, and sold by the dozen.  The meat was a cheap source of protein for the poor and slaves, and it was even used to fatten pigs.

Thanks for the meal, pigeons!]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/extincti-animals-extinction-passenger-pigeons/cincinnati-zoo/detail-2460</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:16:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wind cave national park : extinct animals, national park]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/extinct-animals-national-park/wind-cave-national-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The first cave to be classified as a national park, Wind Cave was established in 1903 by Teddy Roosevelt.  The Lakota Sioux believed in their creation myth that the cave is where they emerged with the creation of the world.

In Salamandar Cave, another cave in the park, the oldest fossil of the now extinct Dire Wolf (Canis dirus) was found. The fossil dates to 252,000 years ago.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/extinct-animals-national-park/wind-cave-national-park/detail-2459</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:30:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the singer&#039;s house : a brief history of seven killings]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/a-brief-history-of-seven-killings/the-singers-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>The Singer house was the biggest house me ever see. Me run up and touch the wall just to say me touch it. So much first time in that trip that me can't even remember most of them. First time me ever go uptown. First time me on Hope Road. First me see so much woman in pretty clothes walking up and down the street. First time me see <a href="/locations/music/bob-marley/bob-marley-museum">the Singer house</a>. First time me see white woman looking like Rasta. First time me see how people who have things live.</em>

&ndash; The gang member Demus in <em>A Brief History of Seven Killings</em> by Marlon James]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/a-brief-history-of-seven-killings/the-singers-house/detail-2458</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 03:37:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[trench town culture yard : bob marley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/trench-town-culture-yard</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown</em>
&ndash; <em>No Woman No Cry</em>, Bob Marley &amp; the Wailers

Bob Marley moved to the government-owned Trench Town housing projects in the late 1950s and lived there through his teenage years. 

Officially, a man named Vincent Ford, who ran a soup kitchen in Trench Town, wrote <em>No Woman No Cry</em> along with several other Bob Marley songs during this time. It is widely assumed though that Bob Marley did in fact write these songs but listed Ford as the songwriter in order to avoid a contract with Cayman Music and also so that the ongoing royalty checks could support Ford's soup kitchen.

Today Trench Town hosts a museum dedicated to those musicians and notable figures (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, etc.) who once lived in the neighborhood known as the Hollywood of Jamaica.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/trench-town-culture-yard/detail-2457</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2015 20:31:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jim jones in brazil : jim jones, people&#039;s temple, jonestown]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jim-jones-peoples-temple-jonestown/jim-jones-in-brazil</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In February of 1962, Jim Jones moved with his family to the city of Belo Horizonte in Brazil.  Originally staying at the first-class Hotel Financial, the family soon settled onto the street of Rua Maraba, surrounded by doctors, lawyers and other professionals.  

The mysteries surrounding Jones's work during this time is a matter of debate. It was during this period that Jones first visited British Guiana.
 
The family moved back to Indianapolis in December of 1963.

<a href="http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Timeline100.pdf" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="http://jimhougan.com/JimJones3.html" target="_blank">Source 2</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jim-jones-peoples-temple-jonestown/jim-jones-in-brazil/detail-2456</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2015 05:06:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[shun lee palace east : the search for general tso (2014)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-search-for-general-tso-2014/shun-lee-palace-east</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Also opened by Michael Tong in 1972, the Shun Lee Palace claims to have the first version of General Tso's Chicken in the United States, prepared by  their cook, Chef T.T. Wang.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-search-for-general-tso-2014/shun-lee-palace-east/detail-2455</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2015 03:41:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[shun lee dynasty : the search for general tso (2014)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-search-for-general-tso-2014/shun-lee-dynasty</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The first time Hunan- and Szechuan-style Chinese food was available to the U.S. customers was through the Shun Lee Dynasty restaurant, opened in Manhattan by restaurateur Michael Tong in 1972. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-search-for-general-tso-2014/shun-lee-dynasty/detail-2454</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:15:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[people&#039;s temple of the disciples of christ  : jim jones, people&#039;s temple, jonestown]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jim-jones-peoples-temple-jonestown/peoples-temple-of-the-disciples-of-christ</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1912 for the First Church of Christ, Scientist denomination, this church was taken over by the Peoples Temple in 1972.  Although their spiritual headquarters was in San Francisco at the time, the organization used this location for recruitment.

The building was abandoned when the Peoples Temple made their exodus to Guyana.  Today, the building is the home to Iglesia Adventista Central church.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jim-jones-peoples-temple-jonestown/peoples-temple-of-the-disciples-of-christ/detail-2453</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2015 02:06:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[peoples temple (sf) : jim jones, people&#039;s temple, jonestown]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jim-jones-peoples-temple-jonestown/peoples-temple-sf</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Peoples Temple moved to their new digs at this address in 1971, the former home of the Albert Pike Memorial Scottish Rite temple.  The church purchased the building the following year for $122,500.

The group opened a branch in Los Angeles in 1972 as well.  Eventually, they convinced many of the Angelinos to move to San Francisco.  By 1975, Peoples Temple had abandoned their plan of making the Redwood Valley their "promised land", and instead focused on recruiting and building the congregation in the Bay Area.

Today, the location is a post office. 

-//-

Note:  I'm not really sure if it's <em>People's Temple</em> or <em>Peoples Temple</em>.  I initially thought that the apostrophe was used to indicate that the people <em>owned</em> the temple (People's), but maybe since the direction of the ownership was questionable in this instance, it is without the possessive form (Peoples).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jim-jones-peoples-temple-jonestown/peoples-temple-sf/detail-2452</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 02:37:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[people&#039;s temple of redwood : jim jones, people&#039;s temple, jonestown]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jim-jones-peoples-temple-jonestown/peoples-temple-of-redwood</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Jim Jones read an Esquire magazine article about the best places to survive a nuclear holocaust, he moved his church and its followers to northern California.  

The People's Temple took up residence at this location.  As the church looked to expand its membership, it later moved to San Francisco.

Since 1995, it has been home to the Redwood Valley Assembly of God.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jim-jones-peoples-temple-jonestown/peoples-temple-of-redwood/detail-2451</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2015 03:01:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[people&#039;s temple (original) : jim jones, people&#039;s temple, jonestown]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jim-jones-peoples-temple-jonestown/peoples-temple-original</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After growing his congregation in a basement, Jim Jones moved the flock to this location of their first church.  Renamed the "People's Temple," Jones organized soup kitchens and unemployment assistance for hundreds of people.  He and his wife adopted eight children of several different ethnicities.  

However, Jones's outspoken integration of African Americans into the conservative community caused a backlash in early 60's Indianapolis.  His wife was spat on as she walked with their black child down the street.  

Jones's sermons grew more fervid.  He began faith-healing by removing tumors from people's bodies.  These "tumors" were actually chicken livers removed by a sleight-of-hand trick, but the People's Temple believers were hooked.  

When Jones thought the church should move to California to avoid a nuclear holocaust, 135 members loaded into buses and followed suit.  The People's Temple had moved west... ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jim-jones-peoples-temple-jonestown/peoples-temple-original/detail-2450</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2015 03:59:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[community unity church : jim jones, people&#039;s temple, jonestown]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jim-jones-peoples-temple-jonestown/community-unity-church</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Back in 1954, Jim Jones was an up-and-coming Pentecostal-style bible thumper.  After leaving the Methodist church because of their intolerance of African Americans, Jones had taken to selling monkeys door-to-door to raise money for his first ministry.

Established in 1955, the Community Unity Church rented a space for their congregation in the basement of this address.  The following year, the church grew large enough for their own building at 975 N. Delaware, which became the first People's Temple.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jim-jones-peoples-temple-jonestown/community-unity-church/detail-2449</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2015 01:53:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[five fingers strand : grabbers (2012)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/grabbers-2012/five-fingers-strand</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Much of the booze-filled horror/comedy of <em>Grabbers</em> was filmed on the Inishowen peninsula at the tippy-top of Ireland.

The beach scenes were filmed at the Lagg sand dunes of Malin Head, a unique topographical formation caused by persistent western winds over 5,000 years.  </em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/grabbers-2012/five-fingers-strand/detail-2448</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2015 23:26:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[joliet correctional center : the blues brothers (1980)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-blues-brothers-1980/joliet-correctional-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) picks up Jake (John Belushi) up from prison at the Joliet Correctional Center.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-blues-brothers-1980/joliet-correctional-center/detail-2447</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2015 23:34:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pitt lake : first blood (1982)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/first-blood-1982/pitt-lake</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The other park where several scenes from <em>First Blood</em> (of the Rambo franchise) were filmed.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/first-blood-1982/pitt-lake/detail-2445</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2015 08:16:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[golden ears provincial park  : first blood (1982)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/first-blood-1982/golden-ears-provincial-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exteriors for the first installment of the Rambo franchise, <em>First Blood</em>, were filmed primarily at two parks in British Columbia: Golden Ears Provincial Park and Pitt Lake.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/first-blood-1982/golden-ears-provincial-park/detail-2444</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2015 08:06:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rambo&#039;s first blood : first blood (1982)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/first-blood-1982/rambos-first-blood</link>
				<description><![CDATA[John Rambo (Sly Stallone) is walking through the town of Hope when Sheriff Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy) starts breaking his balls.  Rambo doesn't take too kindly to that...

The majority of the town scenes were shot in Hope, British Columbia, Canada (not the States).

"Some may even call it boring..." -Sheriff Teasle on the town of Hope.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/first-blood-1982/rambos-first-blood/detail-2443</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2015 07:55:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bcit aerospace campus : cabin in the woods, rise of the planet of the apes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/cabin-in-the-woods-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/bcit-aerospace-campus</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The utilitarian interiors of the British Columbia Institute of Technology's Aerospace Campus near Vancouver were used as the hallways of the underground control center in <em>Cabin in the Woods</em>, and the building also makes an appearance as part of the Gen-Sys laboratory eventually overrun by damn dirty apes in 2011's <em>Rise of the Planet of the Apes</em> reboot.

(via Tony Zhou's <a href="https://vimeo.com/138807572" target="_blank">Vancouver Never Plays Itself</a>)]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/cabin-in-the-woods-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/bcit-aerospace-campus/detail-2442</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2015 23:03:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[heaven&#039;s gate house : cults]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/cults/heavens-gate-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In March of 1997, thirty-nine bodies were found in this 7-room, 9,200 sq ft mansion north of San Diego.  

The grisly scene was the result of a mass suicide by the Heaven's Gate cult.  A mixture of Christianity and science fiction, the cult was led by Marshall Applewhite.  Partially influenced by <em>Star Trek</em>, the group killed themselves so their souls could join an alien spaceship hidden in the tail of the passing Hale-Bopp comet.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/cults/heavens-gate-house/detail-2441</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:25:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fort harrison hotel : scientology]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/scientology/fort-harrison-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Fort Harrison Hotel serves as the flagship building of the "Flag Land Base," the spiritual home of the Church of Scientology.  The 11-story hotel has over 220 rooms, was opened in 1926, and was purchased by the Church in 1975 when it was in a state of disrepair.  Today, the hotel accommodates many of the high profile members of the organization when visiting the area.

Notably, Scientologist member Lisa McPherson was kept captive in Room 174 for 17 days after having a psychotic episode.  The religion eschews any sort of conventional psychiatric therapy, in favor of their own version of treatment.  McPherson died of a pulmonary embolism en route to a hospital on  December 5, 1995.  The incident has become a rallying cry for many anti-Scientology groups.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/scientology/fort-harrison-hotel/detail-2440</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:16:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[trementina base : scientology]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/scientology/trementina-base</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the New Mexico desert about an hour east of Las Vegas (the New Mexico one) is the Trementina Base of Scientology.  The base features a large complex built into the side of a mountain.  

The complex houses a vault that stores L. Ron Hubbard's writings etched onto titanium plates and his audio lectures on nickel records.  Also at the location is a large-scale symbol of two interlocking circles carved into the desert floor.  

The purpose of the symbol is unknown, but it's trademarked by the Church of Scientific Technology (CST) and also located at the Creston Ranch, CA location (both properties owned by CST).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/scientology/trementina-base/detail-2439</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2015 23:16:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the parsonage : scientology, rocket science]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/scientology-rocket-science/the-parsonage</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jack Parsons was known as the "James Dean of the occult set."  
An early dabbler in rocketry, his work with collaborators in the field became the basis for <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/technology/mars-rovers-nasa-space-exploration/jet-propulsion-laboratory">JPL</a>.

Parsons interest in sexy-time occult practices made his three-floor mansion a swingin' good time for parties.  He attracted numerous bohemians and eccentrics to rent rooms there, including writer and religion founder L. Ron Hubbard.

Hubbard lived there long enough to dominate the house with charisma, and then to take off with Parsons' mistress, Sara Northrup Hollister.

As a free love advocate, he got over it, and eventually sold the Parsonage to invest in a yacht-selling scheme with L. Ron.  El-Ron took the money but didn't provide any boats, so that was the end of their friendship.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/scientology-rocket-science/the-parsonage/detail-2438</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2015 02:13:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tesla gigafactory : electric vehicles, elon musk]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/electric-vehicles-elon-musk/tesla-gigafactory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Tesla Gigafactory, located in the Nevada desert east of Reno/Sparks, will be larger than all of the other lithium-ion battery factories combined.

Using geothermal, wind and solar energy, the Gigafactory will "be energy self-sufficient."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/electric-vehicles-elon-musk/tesla-gigafactory/detail-2437</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:53:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[blue origin launch site : space travel, new space]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-new-space/blue-origin-launch-site</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is in the rocket game as well.  His company, Blue Origin, has a launch site in west Texas near the town of Van Horn.

Specializing in VTVL (Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing) technology, the team has been making advances in suborbital rocketry (video <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/19/bezos-new-shepard-takes-off-and-escorts-itself-back-to-the-land/" target="_blank">here</a>).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-new-space/blue-origin-launch-site/detail-2436</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2015 05:57:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[downtown bob dylan mural : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/bob-dylan/downtown-bob-dylan-mural</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located at the corner of 5th St & Hennepin Ave S in Minneapolis, this 5-story mural was completed by by Brasilian artist Eduardo Kobra and crew.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/bob-dylan/downtown-bob-dylan-mural/detail-2435</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2015 03:33:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[buttonwood agreement : stock market]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/stock-market/buttonwood-agreement</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On May 17, 1792, an agreement between 24 stockbrokers was made under a buttonwood tree.

The founding document of the New York Stock Exchange reads as follows:

<em>"We the Subscribers, Brokers for the Purchase and Sale of the Public Stock, do hereby solemnly promise and pledge ourselves to each other, that we will not buy or sell from this day for any person whatsoever, any kind of Public Stock, at a less rate than one quarter percent Commission on the Specie value of and that we will give preference to each other in our Negotiations. 

In Testimony whereof we have set our hands this 17th day of May at New York, 1792."</em>

Today, the document is in the Museum of American Finance down the street at 48 Wall Street (<a href="http://3197d6d14b5f19f2f440-5e13d29c4c016cf96cbbfd197c579b45.r81.cf1.rackcdn.com/collection/papers/1790/1792_0517_NYSEButtonwood.pdf">view here</a>).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/stock-market/buttonwood-agreement/detail-2434</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2015 20:37:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hollywood high school : john ritter, carol burnett]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/john-ritter-carol-burnett/hollywood-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[There is a 50 ft mural of John Ritter on the exterior of Hollywood High School (class of '66).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/john-ritter-carol-burnett/hollywood-high-school/detail-2433</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:08:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[zip2 hq (former) : elon musk, paypal]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/elon-musk-paypal/zip2-hq-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1997, Zip2 moved their headquarters to this location.  Zip2 was online directory founded by the Musk brothers, Elon and Kimbal.  

The company merged with CitySearch in a $300 million deal in 1998.  This gave Elon Musk the capital to begin his next project, the online banking company- X.com.

Source: <em>Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future</em> by Ashlee Vance]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/elon-musk-paypal/zip2-hq-former/detail-2432</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 01:55:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[omelek island : space travel, new space, spacex]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-new-space-spacex/omelek-island</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Space Exploration Technologies Corp (or SpaceX) made the first successful privately funded, liquid-propelled orbital launch vehicle with Flight #4 of the Falcoln 1 rocket on September 28, 2008.

Omelek Island is close to the equator, where the Earth spins a little bit faster, giving the rocket an extra boost upon launch.  The island is a part of a series of islands used to test the efficacy of the "Star Wars" missile defense system back in the 80s.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-new-space-spacex/omelek-island/detail-2431</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 01:39:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;alone&quot; island : alone, history channel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/alone-history-channel/alone-island</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The survivor series <em>Alone</em> on the History Channel films on Quatsino First Nation land, on northwestern Vancouver Island.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/alone-history-channel/alone-island/detail-2430</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2015 21:39:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[auto circus impound lot : the big lebowski (1998)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/auto-circus-impound-lot</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Dude finds his stolen car at the Auto Circus Impound Lot.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/auto-circus-impound-lot/detail-2429</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:20:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sobchak security : the big lebowski (1998)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/sobchak-security</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Dude picks up Walter at his security business before they make their ransom drop at "the wood bridge."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/sobchak-security/detail-2428</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2015 22:42:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ralph&#039;s : the big lebowski (1998)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/ralphs</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Dude dons his best bathrobe whilst shopping at Ralph's in beginning of <em>The Big Lebowski</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/ralphs/detail-2427</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2015 22:38:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the wooden bridge : the big lebowski (1998)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/the-wooden-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although the bridge is not really wooden (the boards were added by the crew), the Dude and Walter botch their ransom drop at the bridge going across the Santa Clara River near Fillmore, CA.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/the-wooden-bridge/detail-2426</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2015 22:32:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the lebowski mansion : the big lebowski (1998)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/the-lebowski-mansion</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Dude meets Bunny Lebowski and one of the nihilists outside the Lebowski mansion at this address.  

The interiors were filmed at the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/movies/eraserhead-the-big-lebowski-there-will-be-blood/greystone-mansion">Greystone Mansion</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/the-lebowski-mansion/detail-2425</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2015 19:49:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[larry&#039;s house : the big lebowski (1998)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/larrys-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Larry Sellers, car-thief of the Dude's ride and lousy student, lives at this house "near the In-and-Out Burger."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/larrys-house/detail-2424</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2015 01:28:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[santa monica mountains national recreation area : the big lebowski (1998)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/santa-monica-mountains-national-recreation-area</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Dude is escorted to Jackie Treehorn's beach party at this location.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/santa-monica-mountains-national-recreation-area/detail-2423</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2015 01:14:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[donnie&#039;s funeral : the big lebowski (1998)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/donnies-funeral</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Dude and Walter say goodbye to Donnie (via a Folger's can) near the Palos Verdes Peninsula.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/donnies-funeral/detail-2422</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:56:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[palace theater : the big lebowski (1998)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/palace-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Dude is summoned to the loft of avant garde artist Maude Lebowski (Julianne Moore) above the Palace Theater.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/palace-theater/detail-2421</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2015 10:48:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hollywood star lanes (former) : the big lebowski (1998)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/hollywood-star-lanes-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Donnie, Walter and the Dude used to roll at this location, the former Hollywood Star Lanes.  The bowling alley was torn down to make room for an elementary school.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski-1998/hollywood-star-lanes-former/detail-2420</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2015 07:48:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hollywood lapd station : nightcrawler (2014)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nightcrawler-2014/hollywood-lapd-station</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Lou Bloom exits the Hollywood LAPD station after being questioned near the end of <em>Nightcrawler</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nightcrawler-2014/hollywood-lapd-station/detail-2419</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2015 07:27:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[home invasion house : nightcrawler (2014)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nightcrawler-2014/home-invasion-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Lou and Rick arrive before the police at the scene of a home invasion/triple homicide at this location in <em>Nightcrawler</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nightcrawler-2014/home-invasion-house/detail-2418</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2015 06:49:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lou&#039;s apartment : nightcrawler (2014)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nightcrawler-2014/lous-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) waters his plant and uses the internet from this apartment. Gyllenhaal said he lost twenty pounds to play a character that is "hungry literally and figuratively."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nightcrawler-2014/lous-apartment/detail-2417</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2015 06:00:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[el compadre : nightcrawler (2014)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nightcrawler-2014/el-compadre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Self-help/assertiveness enthusiast Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) enjoys margaritas and flesh bargaining with Nina (Rene Russo) at El Compadre in <em>Nightcrawler</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nightcrawler-2014/el-compadre/detail-2416</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2015 21:00:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ dinah&amp;rsquo;s family restaurant : nightcrawler (2014)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nightcrawler-2014/dinahs-family-restaurant</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Machivellian auteur Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) has Rick (Riz Ahmed) "sell himself" at Dinah's.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nightcrawler-2014/dinahs-family-restaurant/detail-2415</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2015 20:49:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chinatown express : nightcrawler (2014)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nightcrawler-2014/chinatown-express</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Enterprising sociopath Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) sets up a confrontation at this Chinatown Express in <em>Nightcrawler</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nightcrawler-2014/chinatown-express/detail-2414</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2015 20:35:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[burbank burger king : back to the future (1985)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/back-to-the-future-1985/burbank-burger-king</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Marty skitches a truck's bumper outside this Burger King in the first installment of <em>Back to the Future</em>.  The franchise is still open. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/back-to-the-future-1985/burbank-burger-king/detail-2413</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2015 23:20:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[corsier-sur-vevey cemetery : charlie chaplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/charlie-chaplin/corsier-sur-vevey-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On December 27, 1977, Sir Charles (Charlie) Chaplin was laid to rest after suffering a stroke in his sleep.  He was 88 years old.

Shortly thereafter, on March 1, 1978, Chaplin's body was corpse-napped and held for ransom.  The bandits demanded $600,000 for the return of The Tramp's remains.

The two immigrants who perpetrated the body snatching were arrested in May of that year.  Both did time for the unauthorized exhumation and later apologized to the family.  Chaplin was re-interred, only this time with a cement slab over his grave.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/charlie-chaplin/corsier-sur-vevey-cemetery/detail-2412</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2015 09:45:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mount tabor : christianity, jesus ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/christianity-jesus/mount-tabor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jesus was palling around with three disciples (Peter, James and John) while hiking a mountain, when suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared in a blinding radiance around Jesus.  Then the voice of God called him Son...so all and all, it was a pretty significant trundle.

This event in Christianity is referred to as the "Transfiguration of Jesus", and it has been interpreted several different ways. Some believe that the transfiguring is the revealing of the divine to human sense perception.  Another is the revelation that Jesus is the Son of God.  Another still is that this really tees things up for a Crucifixion/Resurrection.

The Transfiguration event ranks much higher in the Eastern Orthodox greatest hits, but the Western church honors it through a number of celebrations.

One of the hypothesized locations for the Transfiguration is at Mount Tabor, where there are currently two churches (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) dedicated to Transfiguration on the summit.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/christianity-jesus/mount-tabor/detail-2410</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 11:04:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ivy hill cemetery : space exploration, rocket science]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-exploration-rocket-science/ivy-hill-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Famed German/American scientist and rocket-man Werner von Braun is buried at the Ivy Hill Cemetery.

He died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 65 on June 16, 1977.

<em>"Nature does not know extinction; all it knows is transformation. Everything science has taught me, and continues to teach me, strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death."</em>- Werner von Braun]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-exploration-rocket-science/ivy-hill-cemetery/detail-2409</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:46:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rock city : american gods, neil gaiman]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/american-gods-neil-gaiman/rock-city</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>Rock City begins as an ornamental garden on a mountainside: its visitors walk a path that takes them through rocks, over rocks, between rocks. They throw corn into a deer enclosure, cross a hanging bridge and peer out through a quarter-a-throw binoculars at a view that promises them seven states on the rare sunny days when the air is perfectly clear. And from there, like a drop into some strange hell, the path takes the visitors, millions upon millions of them every year, down into caverns, where they stare at back-lit dolls arranged into nursery-rhyme and fairy-tale dioramas. When they leave, they leave bemused, uncertain of why they came, of what they have seen, of whether they had a good time or not.</em>

&ndash; <em>American Gods</em>, Neil Gaiman]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/american-gods-neil-gaiman/rock-city/detail-2408</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:02:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[geographic center of the lower 48 states : american gods, neil gaiman]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/american-gods-neil-gaiman/geographic-center-of-the-lower-48-states</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>As near as anyone could figure it out, the exact center of the continental United States was several miles from Lebanon, Kansas, on Johnny Grib&rsquo;s hog farm. By the 1930s the people of Lebanon were all ready to put a monument up in the middle of the hog farm, but Johnny Grib said that he didn&rsquo;t want millions of tourists coming in and tramping all over and upsetting the hogs, so they put the monument to the geographical center of the United States two miles north of the town. They built a park, and a stone monument to go in the park, and a brass plaque on the monument. They blacktopped the road from the town, and, certain of the influx of tourists waiting to arrive, they even built a motel by the monument. Then they waited. 

The tourists did not come. Nobody came.</em> 

&ndash; <em>American Gods</em>, Neil Gaiman]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/american-gods-neil-gaiman/geographic-center-of-the-lower-48-states/detail-2407</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:07:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[george mcfly&#039;s house : back to the future (1985)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/back-to-the-future-1985/george-mcflys-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Marty McFly finds his father, George McFly, as a young man when he travels to the past at this house. peeping Lorraine with binoculars in a tree.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/back-to-the-future-1985/george-mcflys-house/detail-2406</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:18:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the gamble house : back to the future]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/back-to-the-future/the-gamble-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene in the early part of the 20th century for Procter & Gamble executive David Gamble, the Gamble House is considered to be a masterpiece of the Arts & Crafts movement.

It also serves as Doc Brown's house in the <em>Back to the Future</em> trilogy.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/back-to-the-future/the-gamble-house/detail-2405</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2015 22:23:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the house on the rock : american gods, neil gaiman]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/american-gods-neil-gaiman/the-house-on-the-rock</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>"So when we get to Madison, what then?"

"Take Highway 14 west to Spring Green. We'll be meeting everyone at a place called the House on the Rock. You been there?"

"No," said Shadow. "But I've seen the signs."</em>

&ndash; <em>American Gods</em>, Neil Gaiman]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/american-gods-neil-gaiman/the-house-on-the-rock/detail-2404</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2015 19:59:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mark twain&#039;s grave : mark twain]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/mark-twain/mark-twains-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Mark Twain is buried, along with his family, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, NY.

Twain died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910 at the age of 74.

The family plot has a plaque that is hung 2 fathoms (12 feet) high, the same distance that gave the writer his pen name.  
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/mark-twain/mark-twains-grave/detail-2403</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2015 21:46:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the last spike : transcontinental railroad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/transcontinental-railroad/the-last-spike</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Before Silicon Valley was a mecca of wealth and technology, Leland Stanford arranged for this area to be the final stop on the transcontinental railroad.

You can view the final spike in the famous achievement on display the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/transcontinental-railroad/the-last-spike/detail-2402</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 23:59:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[plaza de espa&amp;ntilde;a  : star wars, the phantom menace]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-the-phantom-menace/plaza-de-espana</link>
				<description><![CDATA[One of the few scenes that was not filmed on a green screen in <em>The Phantom Menace</em> and <em>Attack of the Clones</em> were the exteriors for the Naboo city of Theed, filmed at the Plaza de Espa&ntilde;a in Seville.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-the-phantom-menace/plaza-de-espana/detail-2401</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:02:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[argonne national laboratory : energy, battery, energy storage]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/energy-battery-energy-storage/argonne-national-laboratory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Initially created to carry out the work of Enrico Fermi on nuclear reactors as part of the Manhattan Project, Argonne National Laboratory (named for the surrounding woods at the time) became the first national laboratory on July 1, 1946.

Much of the early work at the lab produced breakthroughs in nuclear technology.  Since then, the lab has expanded to include a number of areas including energy storage and renewable energy, environmental sustainability, supercomputing, and national security.

Several key components of battery storage technology in hybrid and electric cars have been made at Argonne (source: <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/book-review-the-powerhouse/" target="_blank">The Powerhouse</a> by Steve Levine).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/energy-battery-energy-storage/argonne-national-laboratory/detail-2400</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:40:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[universal coney island : t baby]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/t-baby/universal-coney-island</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 2006, Mason Graham was shot & killed at this restaurant while trying to break up a fight.  The incident inspired his friend LaTonya Myles, AKA T Baby,  to create her video "It's So Cold in the D".  The song has gained such popularity, it is covered by touring artists, such as Usher & New Kids on the Block, during their Detroit concerts.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/t-baby/universal-coney-island/detail-2399</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 01:02:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[erlich&#039;s house : silicon valley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/silicon-valley/erlichs-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Don't actually expect to find Erlich Bachman's house from HBO's <em>Silicon Valley</em> in Silicon Valley. The house where the team at Pied Piper work and live is located in Los Angeles where a lot of <em>Silicon Valley</em> was filmed. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/silicon-valley/erlichs-house/detail-2398</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 19:20:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the pickup spot : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/the-pickup-spot</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>Breaking Bad's</em> season five pickup spot where Walt finally leaves Albuquerque for a new identity is located on Juan Tabo Boulevard next to the spillway for the John B. Robert Dam. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/the-pickup-spot/detail-2397</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 19:12:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[vamonos pest : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/vamonos-pest</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Vamonos Pest, operating out of this building in Albuquerque, is the front for Walt's meth empire in the first half of <em>Breaking Bad</em> season five.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/vamonos-pest/detail-2396</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 22:26:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[old joe&#039;s junkyard : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/old-joes-junkyard</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Old Joe came to Walt and Jesse's rescue more than once, obliterating their rolling RV meth lab in season three of <em>Breaking Bad</em> and later providing them with an industrial-sized magnet at the beginning of season five.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/old-joes-junkyard/detail-2395</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 22:21:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stoneleigh p : bottlerocket, wes anderson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bottlerocket-wes-anderson/stoneleigh-p</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The cast and the crew would relax nightly at the Stoneleigh P restaurant/bar while shooting the feature <em>Bottle Rocket</em> (1996).  Mostly because their hotel was the Stoneleigh Hotel (Le M&eacute;ridien Dallas) across the street.

Source: <a href="http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2013/11/before-thursday-nights-screening-everything-you-ever-needed-to-know-about-bottle-rocket.html/" target="_blank">popcultureblog.dallasnews.com</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bottlerocket-wes-anderson/stoneleigh-p/detail-2394</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 18:35:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[first national bank (former) : jesse james, james-younger gang]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jesse-james-james-younger-gang/first-national-bank-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On September 7, 1876, the James-Younger gang tried to rob the Northfield First National Bank. Townspeople realized what was happening, grabbed their guns, and shot it out in the street.

The resulting body count included the bank teller, Joseph Lee Heywood, and a Swedish immigrant, Nicholas Gustafson, as well as several members of the gang.  

Cole, Bob and Jim Younger fled to nearby Madelia, MN (where they were captured).  Frank and Jesse James escaped into the Dakotas.

Every September, Northfield holds the <a href="http://www.djjd.org/" target="_blank">Defeat of Jesse James Days</a>, where members of the community reenact the bank robbery and have a parade.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jesse-james-james-younger-gang/first-national-bank-former/detail-2393</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 20:55:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the corner hotel : jack white, the white stripes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jack-white-the-white-stripes/the-corner-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in a suburb of Melbourne, The Corner Hotel is a remodeled 19th-century pub that has been a live music venue since the 1940s.

Jack White came up with the riff to "Seven Nation Army" while doing a sound check at The Corner Hotel.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jack-white-the-white-stripes/the-corner-hotel/detail-2392</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:31:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cosmic cup : wes anderson, kumar pallana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wes-anderson-kumar-pallana/cosmic-cup</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson used to frequent the Cosmic Cup, a coffee shop and arts hangout in Dallas.  The owner of the shop, Kumar Pallana, was a former vaudeville performer and actor.  He would go on to star in several Wes Anderson features, as well as other films.

Kumar died on October 10, 2013 at the age of 94.  The store has been renamed the Cosmic Cafe.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wes-anderson-kumar-pallana/cosmic-cup/detail-2391</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2015 21:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mr. charlie&#039;s burger factory : wes anderson, bottle rocket (1992)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wes-anderson-bottle-rocket-1992/mr-charlies-burger-factory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The gang recounts their book store robbery and relaxes with some burgers at Mr. Charlie's in Wes Anderson's short student film <a href="https://youtu.be/Yrt-ZKa4u0k" target="_blank">Bottle Rocket</a> (1992).  The short was extended (and colorized) for the 1996 feature, <em>Bottle Rocket</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wes-anderson-bottle-rocket-1992/mr-charlies-burger-factory/detail-2390</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 00:39:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[grandhotel pupp : the grand budapest hotel, wes anderson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-grand-budapest-hotel-wes-anderson/grandhotel-pupp</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although the actual hotel exterior of Wes Anderson's <em>Grand Budapest Hotel</em> is a miniature, the structure and style draw heavily from the Grandhotel Popp in the Czech Republic for inspiration.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-grand-budapest-hotel-wes-anderson/grandhotel-pupp/detail-2389</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2015 21:39:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bar luce : wes anderson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wes-anderson/bar-luce</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Director Wes Anderson designed this caf&egrave; as part of the art complex Fondazione Prada that opened in Milan in May 2015. It showcases the familiar elements of his iconic style (bright colors, geometric furniture, probably some futura somewhere) along with two movie-themed pinball games, one for <em>The Life Aquatic</em> and another for his short film <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b87B7zyucgI" target="_blank"><em>Castello Cavalcanti</em></a> financed by Prada in 2013. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wes-anderson/bar-luce/detail-2388</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 20:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[brown&#039;s hotel : ralph fiennes, the grand budapest hotel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ralph-fiennes-the-grand-budapest-hotel/browns-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Actor Ralph Fiennes worked as a porter at this posh hotel before he started being in the pictures.  He would reprise his previous career when he played the concierge, M. Gustave, in the Wes Anderson <em>The Grand Budapest Hotel</em> (2014).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ralph-fiennes-the-grand-budapest-hotel/browns-hotel/detail-2387</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 20:03:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lazer base : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/lazer-base</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Saul wants Walt to buy this lazer tag business to launder his money before Walt and Skyler purchase <a href="/locations/television/breaking-bad/octopus-car-wash">the car wash</a> instead, and this is where Walt meets up with Jesse who is hiding from Gus at the end of season 3.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/lazer-base/detail-2386</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2015 19:25:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[casa tranquila : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/casa-tranquila</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Casa Tranquila is Hector Salamanca's assisted living facility and the site of <em>Breaking Bad</em> season 4's explosive climax. Exteriors were filmed here at the former Valle Norte Caring Center in Albuquerque.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/casa-tranquila/detail-2385</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2015 19:21:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[clovis&#039;s storage yard : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/cloviss-storage-yard</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Badger's cousin Clovis tows Jesse's RV to his storage yard in order to hide Jesse and Walt's meth operation in season 2 of Breaking Bad, but after Jesse's parents kick him out of his house, Jesse has to break into the storage yard to steal the RV back.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/cloviss-storage-yard/detail-2384</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2015 20:11:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[craigslist headquarters : internet]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/internet/craigslist-headquarters</link>
				<description><![CDATA[With nearly 20 billion pages views per month, craiglist.org is the 10th most popular website in the US, and 37th most popular worldwide.   With only 28 employees, the craiglist empire is headquartered at this location.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/internet/craigslist-headquarters/detail-2383</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2015 21:36:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[america&#039;s first spy ring : turn: washington&#039;s spies (2014)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/turn-washingtons-spies-2014/americas-first-spy-ring</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Much of the action in the first episode of AMC's American Revolutionary War-era drama <em>Turn</em> is centered around the Long Island town of Setauket, NY.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/turn-washingtons-spies-2014/americas-first-spy-ring/detail-2382</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2015 22:23:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[flamingo trailer court : sufjan stevens]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/sufjan-stevens/flamingo-trailer-court</link>
				<description><![CDATA["My grandmother lived in the Pink Flamingo Trailer Park in Farmington.  When we would visit, she would give us cinnamon candies that she kept in a glass dish, but she'd give us just one.  She had poor vision, so I would stuff my pockets as full as I could with them."  - Sufjan Stevens]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/sufjan-stevens/flamingo-trailer-court/detail-2381</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2015 06:01:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[utah valley university : home of the brave]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/home-of-the-brave/utah-valley-university</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Writer/producer Scott Carrier starts teaching journalism at the Utah Valley University campus in the "Najibullah in America" episode of <em>Home of the Brave</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/home-of-the-brave/utah-valley-university/detail-2380</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 22:46:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[begich towers : this american life]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/this-american-life/begich-towers</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Episode #555 of <em>This American Life</em>, the third act features a story about a family that moves into this building to start a church in the basement.  The majority of the town lives in this single building.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/this-american-life/begich-towers/detail-2379</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:33:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gandhi smriti : mahatma gandhi]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/mahatma-gandhi/gandhi-smriti</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Mahatma Gandhi lived at this location (then called the Birla House) for the last 144 days of his life, until he was assassinated here on January 30, 1948.  He was 78 years old.

Originally the home of a wealthy Indian family, the Birla House was transformed into the Gandhi Smriti (or Gandhi Remembrance)- a museum and shrine to the slain political and spiritual leader.

The Martyr's Column marks the location where the fifth assassination attempt on Gandhi ended his life.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/mahatma-gandhi/gandhi-smriti/detail-2378</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2015 22:05:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paramount records : charley patton, son house, delta blues]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/charley-patton-son-house-delta-blues/paramount-records</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the early days of 78 rpm record-pressing, furniture stores would package their phonograph cabinets with recorded music to help sell the product.  This led the Wisconsin Chair Company to construct a studio at this location for their Paramount Records label, near their furniture plant and record plants in Port Washington, WI.

Charley Patton recorded a number of profitable songs at here, so he was sent out to find other blues artists and bring them to Grafton.  Son House, the Mississippi Sheiks, Tommy Johnson, and a number of other artists recorded here.

From <a href="http://www.paramountshome.org/" target="_blank">Paramountshome.org</a>:
<em>"One fourth of the nation's 'race records' were pressed in Grafton, WI. Over 1600 songs were recorded in Grafton between 1929 and 1932. Over 60 African Americans recorded their blues, spirituals, and even sermons in a 'make-shift' studio of an old chair factory, opposite of the pressing plant."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/charley-patton-son-house-delta-blues/paramount-records/detail-2377</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2015 23:46:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[son house&#039;s apartment : son house]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/son-house/son-houses-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After legendary bluesman Son House recorded with Charley Patton and Willie Brown, taught Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters some licks, and did a stint at Parchman Farm- he left Mississippi for good in 1942.  

Although many blues players ended up in Chicago, Son House ended up taking a job with the New York Central Railroad in Rochester, NY.  

He was living on the third floor of this apartment building in obscurity until a couple of blues fans tracked him down, and convinced him to come out of retirement in 1964.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/son-house/son-houses-apartment/detail-2376</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:25:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the fun gallery (former) : hip hop, graffiti]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/hip-hop-graffiti/the-fun-gallery-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Patti Astor was known as the "Queen of the Downtown Scene" and was an underground film actress and culture maven in 1970s and 80s NYC.  

She opened up The Fun Gallery at this location with partner Bill Stelling in 1981, and the art gallery featured some of the earliest exhibitions of graffiti and street art, including Taki 183, Keith Haring, Fab 5 Freddy, and Jean Michel Basquiat.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/hip-hop-graffiti/the-fun-gallery-former/detail-2375</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 22:13:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[alfred e. smith high school : hip hop, dj kool herc]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/hip-hop-dj-kool-herc/alfred-e-smith-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Original hip hop DJ Kool Herc attended the Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School in the Bronx.  He got the name "Hercules" at the school because of his size and his stature, then changed it to "Kool Herc" when he was running with a graffiti crew called the Ex-Vandals.

In 1973, DJ Kool Herc threw the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/dj-kool-herc/birthplace-of-hip-hop">first hip hop dance party</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/hip-hop-dj-kool-herc/alfred-e-smith-high-school/detail-2374</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2015 21:28:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[clark&#039;s ice cream &amp; yogurt : it follows]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/it-follows/clarks-ice-cream-yogurt</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=CwL_9fYhtjafY0POccmy-w">Kalyn M.</a> says:
"This is your neighborhood ice cream parlor. They have a great variety of flavors and they charge a good price fir the amount you get. Just a tip: a 'kiddie' size is enough for a grown man."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/it-follows/clarks-ice-cream-yogurt/detail-2373</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:36:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the redford theatre : it follows]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/it-follows/the-redford-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Watch a classic film, listen to a live organist, and maybe pass the time by discussing what people in the crowd you want to trade lives with.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/it-follows/the-redford-theatre/detail-2372</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:19:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pelikan : my struggle book 2]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-2/pelikan</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>Oh, how nice it was here.  The typical, pure beer hall style led my mind elsewhere, to more classical periods, not that the place came across as museum-like for that reason, there was nothing forced about the atmosphere, people came here to drink beer and chat, the way they had done ever since the 1930s.  This was one of Stockholm's great virtues, that there were so many places from different epochs that were still in operation without their making a great song and dance about it.

- My Struggle Book 2,</em> Karl Ove Knausgaard]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-2/pelikan/detail-2371</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:05:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stadsbiblioteket : my struggle book 2]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-2/stadsbiblioteket</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>Twelve times we sang hi to our friend before all the children had been named and we could move on.  The next song was about parts of the body, which, of course, the children should touch when they were mentioned.  Forehead, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, stomach, knee, foot. Then we were handed some rattle-like instruments that we were supposed to shake as we sang a new song.  I wasn't embarrassed, it wasn't embarrassing sitting there, it was humiliating and degrading.  Everything was gentle and friendly and nice, all the movements were tiny, and I sat huddled on a cushion droning along with the mothers and children, a song, to cap it all, led by a woman I would have liked to bed.

- My Struggle Book 2,</em> Karl Ove Knausgaard]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-2/stadsbiblioteket/detail-2370</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2015 21:35:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[birthplace of the buddha : buddha, buddhism]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/buddha-buddhism/birthplace-of-the-buddha</link>
				<description><![CDATA[SiddhÄrtha Gautama, later known as Gautama Buddha (or just Buddha), was born in the town of Lumbini in present-day Nepal around c. 563 BCE or c. 480 BCE.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/buddha-buddhism/birthplace-of-the-buddha/detail-2369</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 22:24:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[scourmount abbey : beer, brewing, chimay]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/beer-brewing-chimay/scourmount-abbey</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The life in this monastery is characterized by prayer, reading, and labor.  Not a bad day if you get to drink Chimay Ale, which has been made at this Trappist monastery since 1862.

The brothers use the profits from the operation to support their monastery and surrounding charities.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/beer-brewing-chimay/scourmount-abbey/detail-2368</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:23:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[big chief gas station : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/big-chief-gas-station</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In season 3 of <em>Breaking Bad</em> Jesse trades meth for gas for his RV at the Big Chief Gas Station thirty-five miles north of Albuquerque.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/big-chief-gas-station/detail-2367</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2015 19:20:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[big pink : bob dylan, the band]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-the-band/big-pink</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the spring of 1967, the band that had been calling themselves The Hawks had just arrived back from a world tour backing Bob Dylan.  They moved into the Big Pink house (named after the color of the siding) and set up shop in the basement, creating a makeshift recording studio and rehearsal space.  

The band grew beards, wore hats, and started calling themselves The Band.  Dylan, who was recovering from a motorcycle accident and lived a couple of miles away, spent nearly every evening at Big Pink.

In 1968, The Band put out the album <em>Music from Big Pink</em> which contained their biggest hit, "The Weight."  Dylan did the artwork for the album and co-wrote a couple songs.

The bootleg recordings from Big Pink with Dylan and The Band began to circulate, and were eventually as <em>The Basement Tapes</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-the-band/big-pink/detail-2366</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:36:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tuco&#039;s : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/tucos</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Heisenberg has an explosive confrontation with drug kingpin Tuco here at Tuco's Albuquerque headquarters near the end of the first season of <em>Breaking Bad</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/tucos/detail-2365</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[crossroads motel : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/crossroads-motel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Crossroads Motel pops up several times in the first few seasons of <em>Breaking Bad</em>. Hank takes Walt Jr. there to illustrate the dangers of drug abuse, and Jesse uses it as a hideout after he and Walt escape from Tuco. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/crossroads-motel/detail-2364</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:10:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jesse&#039;s rehab : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/jesses-rehab</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At the end of season 2 and the beginning of season 3 of <em>Breaking Bad</em> Jesse attends rehab at the Jar Spa at the Isleta Resort and Casino in Albuquerque. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/jesses-rehab/detail-2363</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:09:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[devon island : army shanks, far arden, kevin cannon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/army-shanks-far-arden-kevin-cannon/devon-island</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Much of the action that takes place in the slightly-in-the-future Arctic pirate adventure graphic novel <em>Far Arden</em> happens on and around Devon Island, although these days it's considered the largest uninhabited island in the world.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/army-shanks-far-arden-kevin-cannon/devon-island/detail-2362</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2015 20:41:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where badger gets arrested : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/where-badger-gets-arrested</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Badger gets arrested by an undercover DJ Qualls on a bench next to Washington Middle School Park leading to the introduction of Saul Goodman in the season 2 episode of <em>Breaking Bad</em> "Better Call Saul."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/where-badger-gets-arrested/detail-2361</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2015 20:30:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where combo gets shot : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/where-combo-gets-shot</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Combo gets killed (spoilers!) by a little kid on the corner of 2nd and Hazeldine after Walt and Jesse expand their meth operation into new territory at the end of <em>Breaking Bad</em> season 2. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/where-combo-gets-shot/detail-2360</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2015 20:27:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[caf&amp;eacute; espresso (former) : bob  dylan, joan baez]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-joan-baez/cafe-espresso-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Caf&eacute; Espresso was a hub of folk music and community gathering for the arts colony in the early 60s.  Folk artists like Joan Baez, Ramblin Jack Elliot, and Bob Dylan <a href="http://www.soundandstory.org/directory/106172/120805/" target="_blank">would perform here</a> when they traveled up from NYC.

Bob Dylan wrote the bulk of <em>Another Side of Bob Dylan</em> in the White Room, an upstairs room that overlooked Tinker Street in the building.

Today, the building is home to the <a href="http://www.cpw.org/" target="_blank">Center for Photography at Woodstock</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-joan-baez/cafe-espresso-former/detail-2359</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2015 23:42:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kensal green cemetery : freddie mercury, queen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/freddie-mercury-queen/kensal-green-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Lead singer of Queen, Freddie Mercury, was cremated at Kensal Green Cemetery after his death from  AIDS-related bronchial pneumonia on Nov. 24, 1991.

The placement of his ashes has remained a mystery, but <a href="http://www.spin.com/2013/02/queen-freddie-mercury-grave-ashes-location/" target="_blank">a plaque was found</a> in the cemetery in early 2013, causing speculation that they were scattered on location.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/freddie-mercury-queen/kensal-green-cemetery/detail-2358</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2015 01:22:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[michael werner gallery : captain beefheart, don van vliet]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/captain-beefheart-don-van-vliet/michael-werner-gallery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Michael Werner Gallery in New York has exhibited paintings and published books of Don Van Vliet's (Captain Beefheart) artwork since 1991. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/captain-beefheart-don-van-vliet/michael-werner-gallery/detail-2357</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2015 21:43:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ambassador east hotel : travels with charley, john steinbeck]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/travels-with-charley-john-steinbeck/ambassador-east-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>I think I am well and favorably known at the Ambassador East, but this need not apply when I arrive in wrinkled hunting clothes, unshaven and lightly crusted with the dirt of travel and bleary-eyed from driving most of the night.</em>

&ndash; <em>Travels with Charley</em>, John Steinbeck

The Ambassador East was sold in 2010, renovated and reopened as the Public Chicago Hotel.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/travels-with-charley-john-steinbeck/ambassador-east-hotel/detail-2356</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2015 21:25:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[christ&#039;s college (former) : led zeppelin, john paul jones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/led-zeppelin-john-paul-jones/christs-college-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Young John Baldwin (later John Paul Jones) studied music at this boarding school.  By the time he was fourteen, Baldwin was choirmaster and organist at a local church.  He purchased his first bass guitar that year, a Dallas Tuxedo, partly inspired to take up the instrument after listening to the bass part on the Phil Upchurch Combo's "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cv03fD6Ux0" target="_blank">You Can't Sit Down</a>."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/led-zeppelin-john-paul-jones/christs-college-former/detail-2355</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2015 23:31:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the neighborhood : home of the brave, scott carrier]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/home-of-the-brave-scott-carrier/the-neighborhood</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the address that Scott Carrier is living at when he does "<a href="http://homebrave.com/" target="_blank">The Neighborhood</a>" episode of the <em>Home of the Brave</em> podcast.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/home-of-the-brave-scott-carrier/the-neighborhood/detail-2354</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2015 21:43:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 stafford terrace : freddie mercury, queen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/freddie-mercury-queen/12-stafford-terrace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After breaking up with his partner, Mary Austin, in the mid-1970s, Freddie Mercury moved into this home in the Kensington neighborhood of London.  He lived here until he moved into the Hoare House (a.k.a. the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/freddie-mercury-queen/freddie-mercury-lived-and-died-here">Garden Lodge</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/freddie-mercury-queen/12-stafford-terrace/detail-2353</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2015 08:34:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[roller garden : prof, rhymesayers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prof-rhymesayers/roller-garden</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The video for "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ore9JBEHMmY" target="_blank">Moron</a>" was shot at the St. Louis Park Roller Garden.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prof-rhymesayers/roller-garden/detail-2352</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 05:04:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[minnehaha falls : prof, rhymesayers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prof-rhymesayers/minnehaha-falls</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Prof rides a four-wheeled bike and looks kind of like a 90s boy band cult leader over at Minnehaha Falls in the video for "<a href="https://youtu.be/E8y1uIWqVsU" target="_blank">Need Your Love.</a>"]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prof-rhymesayers/minnehaha-falls/detail-2351</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2015 01:35:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[soapy joe&#039;s car wash : prof, rhymesayers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prof-rhymesayers/soapy-joes-car-wash</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Leave it to Prof to discover the elusive alchemy of hip-hop: cars, boats, bikinis and booty/boobs mix well.  

The video for Prof's "<a href="https://youtu.be/OWFXREaFl3E" target="_blank">Farout</a>" was partially shot at Soapy Joe's Car Wash.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prof-rhymesayers/soapy-joes-car-wash/detail-2350</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 23:57:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wegmans grocery store  : the jinx (2015)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/wegmans-grocery-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On Nov. 30, 2001, Robert Durst was arrested for shoplifting a chicken salad sandwich at this Wegmans grocery store in Hanover Township, Northampton County, PA.

Durst was wanted for questioning following the dismemberment of Morris Black in <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/2213-avenue-k" target="_blank">Galveston, TX</a>. 

Police found Morris Black's ID, two guns, several ounces of marijuana, and $30,000 in Durst's car.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/wegmans-grocery-store/detail-2349</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 01:38:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[susan berman&#039;s house : the jinx (2015)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/susan-bermans-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the HBO series <em>The Jinx</em>, the good friend to Robert Durst during his troubles around his wife's disappearance in the early 80's was journalist/crime writer Susan Berman.

Berman was killed in her rented home (at this address) on December 23, 2000.  A note was sent to the Beverley (sic) Hills Police that notified them off a "cadaver" in a handwriting very similar to Robert Durst's other pieces of mail.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/susan-bermans-house/detail-2348</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:53:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[channelview dr  : the jinx (2015)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/channelview-dr</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The dismembered torso of Morris Black was found by some kids fishing in Galveston Bay off of this road.  After a general survey of the area, police found several plastic garbage bags with the various limbs and appendages of the deceased, except for the head (which has never been recovered).

A newspaper found in one of the trash bags led the police to investigate at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/2213-avenue-k">2213 Avenue K</a> where they found evidence of an altercation and dismemberment.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/channelview-dr/detail-2347</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2015 00:10:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2213 avenue k : the jinx (2015)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/2213-avenue-k</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After renting Apartment #2 at this address disguised as a deaf-mute woman named Dorothy Ciner, wealthy real estate heir Bob Durst lived at this address sporadically in the early 2000s.

It was in that apartment that Durst had an altercation with the neighbor in #1, Morris Black.  Black was killed, and Durst dismembered his corpse.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/2213-avenue-k/detail-2346</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 23:48:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2520 robinhood : the jinx (2015)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/2520-robinhood</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A suspect in a missing persons case and multiple killings, Robert Durst lived at this condo in the Rice Village neighborhood of Houston, TX.

On Tuesday, March 17, 2015, police raided the condo after Durst's final interview in the HBO series, <em>The Jinx</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/2520-robinhood/detail-2345</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 05:01:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[j.w. marriott hotel : the jinx (2015)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/jw-marriott-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Three-time murder suspect Robert Durst was arrested in the lobby of this hotel on March 15, 2015 following the last episode of the HBO series highlighting his homicidal tendencies, <em>The Jinx</em>.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jinx-2015/jw-marriott-hotel/detail-2344</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 03:01:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[billy madison house : billy madison (1995)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/billy-madison-1995/billy-madison-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Parkwood Estate & Gardens was built in 1916 for the founder of General Motors, Samuel McLaughlin.

The home served as the filming location for the 1995 Adam Sandler film <em>Billy Madison</em>.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/billy-madison-1995/billy-madison-house/detail-2343</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2015 01:07:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the hart house : the hart foundation, bret hart]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/the-hart-foundation-bret-hart/the-hart-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This house, originally built in 1902, has 22 rooms, four fireplaces and 5 chandeliers- but the main feature is the dungeon in the basement.

Purchased by Stu Hart in 1951, the amateur wrestler and promoter turned the basement of the house into a wrestling training center.  The Hart Family Dungeon became the center of Stampede Wrestling (Stu's wrestling company) and a legendary wrestling school.

The house was sold by the remaining Hart siblings after Stu's death in 2003, and it was declared a municipal heritage site by the city of Calgary in 2012.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/the-hart-foundation-bret-hart/the-hart-house/detail-2342</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:16:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[alto nido apartments : sunset boulevard (1950)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sunset-boulevard-1950/alto-nido-apartments</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Down-on-his-luck screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) lives at this Mediterranean-style apartment complex in the 1950 film <em>Sunset Boulevard</em>.  

The apartment building still stands.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sunset-boulevard-1950/alto-nido-apartments/detail-2341</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 19:55:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sunset boulevard house : sunset boulevard (1950)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sunset-boulevard-1950/sunset-boulevard-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Former screen star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) lives in a dilapidated mansion at "10086 Sunset Boulevard", when struggling screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) hides from creditors here in the 1950 film <em>Sunset Blvd</em>.

The house that was used for the filming was actually at the corner of Crenshaw and Irving.  The mansion was originally built in 1927 for the US Consul in Mexico, William O. Jenkins.  Interestingly, Jenkins was kidnapped and held for ransom while on the job.

After the house lay abandoned for 10 years, it was purchased by oil man Jean Paul Getty for his second wife.  After their divorce, she was the one who rented it to Paramount Studios for the filming.

The house was torn down in 1957 for the Getty Oil Building (now called the Harbor Building).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sunset-boulevard-1950/sunset-boulevard-house/detail-2340</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 19:41:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sunset boulevard (1950) : sunset boulevard (1950)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sunset-boulevard-1950/sunset-boulevard-1950</link>
				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sunset-boulevard-1950/sunset-boulevard-1950/detail-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wright-patterson air force base : safe area gora&Aring;&frac34;de, joe sacco]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/safe-area-gorazde-joe-sacco/wright-patterson-air-force-base</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At several points during Joe Sacco's "cartoon journalism" graphic novel, <em>Safe Area GoraÅ¾de</em>, he references the ongoing Dayton Accords that war-weary Bosnians watched on TV.

The Dayton Accords (or the Dayton Agreements) were negotiations held between the various actors of the 3.5 year war in the Balkans.  The meetings were held at Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, and the signatories included: 

    Slobodan Milo&scaron;eviÄ‡
    Alija IzetbegoviÄ‡
    Franjo TuÄ‘man
    Bill Clinton
    Jacques Chirac
    John Major
    Helmut Kohl
    Viktor Chernomyrdin
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/safe-area-gorazde-joe-sacco/wright-patterson-air-force-base/detail-2338</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 04:12:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[not the friends fountain : unbreakable kimmy schmidt]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt/not-the-friends-fountain</link>
				<description><![CDATA[It's not the Friends fountain. People think it is, but the real one's in <a href="/locations/television/friends/the-friends-fountain">a studio lot in Burbank</a>. It looks totally different.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt/not-the-friends-fountain/detail-2337</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:42:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the friends fountain : friends]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/friends/the-friends-fountain</link>
				<description><![CDATA[You'll find the fountain from the opening credits of <em>Friends</em> on this Warner Brothers studio lot, <a href="/locations/television/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt/not-the-friends-fountain">not in Central Park</a> as is sometimes believed.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/friends/the-friends-fountain/detail-2336</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:38:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the macefield house : edith macefield]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edith-macefield/the-macefield-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Edith Masefield was living in this small cottage in the fishing village of Ballard (near Seattle) when she was offered $1 million from developers to tear down her home to make room for a Lifetime Fitness and Trader Joe's.  She refused the offer, and the "mixed-usage" commercial building engulfed the rest of the block, but her house defiantly remained.

As William Yardley at the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/us/28edith.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=4&amp;hp" target="_blank">New York Times</a> put it: <em>Ms. Macefield&rsquo;s refusal to sell her house made the news more than once. In a city knotted over its shifting identity, she seemed a familiar face, old Seattle, vulnerable but resistant to the march of gentrification and blandness.</em>

Edith Masefield spoke English, French, German and Italian.  She was the cousin of Benny Goodman, and she played the clarinet and sax. She self-published a book that was 1,138 pages long called <em>Where Yesterday Began</em> un]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edith-macefield/the-macefield-house/detail-2335</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:49:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[burlington mall : paul blart: mall cop]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/paul-blart-mall-cop/burlington-mall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Burlington Mall is the main filming location for the 2008 Kevin James vehicle, <em>Paul Blart, Mall Cop</em>.

While I haven't seen this movie, from the trailers I've gathered this is where Kevin James murdered funny.  With a ham sandwich.

Luckily, the second installment of the franchise is arriving in April 2015.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/paul-blart-mall-cop/burlington-mall/detail-2334</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 04:07:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[laurel canyon store : father john misty]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/father-john-misty/laurel-canyon-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>We met in a parking lot
I was buying coffee and cigarettes</em>
&ndash; I Went to the Store One Day

Josh Tillman aka Father John Misty met his future wife Emma here at the Laurel Canyon Country Store shortly after he quit the Fleet Foxes and moved to Los Angeles. The store has a rich history as a gathering spot for those in the L.A. music scene, most notably <a href="/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors-frank-zappa/laurel-canyon-store">Jim Morrison</a> and other musicians in the 1960s.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/father-john-misty/laurel-canyon-store/detail-2333</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:29:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[historic tunt manor : archer]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/archer/historic-tunt-manor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Cheryl (or Carol, or Cherlene) Tunt lives in this Gilded Age mansion in the animated FX series, <em>Archer</em>.  

The ISIS gang (the other one) relocates to Tunt Manor after they lose their headquarters in Season 5.


Cheryl keeps an ocelot locked up in an empty room with no toys...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/archer/historic-tunt-manor/detail-2332</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2015 23:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[american literary historical center (former) : three days of the condor]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/three-days-of-the-condor/american-literary-historical-center-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The American Literary Historical Center serves as a CIA front at this location in the 1975 film, <em>Three Days of the Condor</em>.  Joseph Turner (Robert Redford) is the "reader" turned unlikely hero when he comes back from lunch to find all his co-workers murdered.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/three-days-of-the-condor/american-literary-historical-center-former/detail-2330</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 22:42:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ hotel relais bourgondisch cruyce : in bruges]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/in-bruges/hotel-relais-bourgondisch-cruyce</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This 4-star hotel was the filming location for the bed &amp; breakfast where Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) hole up after a hit job and wait to hear from their anger-prone boss, Harry (Ralph Fiennes) in the 2008 crime-comedy film, <em>In Bruges</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/in-bruges/hotel-relais-bourgondisch-cruyce/detail-2329</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 07:45:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pacific park : kidz bop]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/kidz-bop/pacific-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 2012, the Kidz Bop kids sassed up an amusement park for a day to film a video for their tame, kid-friendly version of an already tame, kid-friendly hit "Call Me Maybe".]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/kidz-bop/pacific-park/detail-2328</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 06:01:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[iowa house hotel : raymond carver, john cheever]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/raymond-carver-john-cheever/iowa-house-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[John Cheever and Raymond Carver taught at the Iowa Writer's Workshop at the same time in 1973.  

From a <a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3059/the-art-of-fiction-no-76-raymond-carver" target="_blank">Paris Review</a> article:

<em>"When we were teaching in the Iowa Writers' Workshop in the fall semester of 1973, he and I did nothing but drink. I mean we met our classes, in a manner of speaking.  But the entire time we were there&mdash;we were living in this hotel they have on campus, the Iowa House&mdash;I don't think either of us ever took the covers off our typewriters. We made trips to a liquor store twice a week in my car."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/raymond-carver-john-cheever/iowa-house-hotel/detail-2327</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 21:58:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;i&#039;m waiting for the man&quot; intersection : the velvet underground]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-velvet-underground/im-waiting-for-the-man-intersection</link>
				<description><![CDATA["I'm waiting for my man /
Twenty-six dollars in my hand /
Up to Lexington, 125 /
Feel sick and dirty, more dead than alive /
I'm waiting for my man"]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-velvet-underground/im-waiting-for-the-man-intersection/detail-2326</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 06:04:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[antelope valley high school : frank zappa, captain beefheart]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/frank-zappa-captain-beefheart/antelope-valley-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1909, Antelope Valley High School sits on the edge of the Mojave Desert in the northern part of Los Angeles county.

Captain Beefheart (Don van Vliet) and Frank Zappa both attended this high school, as did other members of the Magic Band including Rockette Morton (Mark Boston/Magic Band bassist) and Zoot Horn Rollo (Bill Harkleroad/Magic Band guitarist).

When Beefheart dropped out of school to drive his ailing father's bakery truck, Zappa would come over to his house to eat expired pineapple buns and listen to R&B records until early in the morning.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/frank-zappa-captain-beefheart/antelope-valley-high-school/detail-2325</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2015 22:03:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[heinold&amp;rsquo;s first and last chance saloon  : jack london]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-london/heinolds-first-and-last-chance-saloon</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Originally constructed in 1880 from the remnants of a whaling ship, this building was purchased and coverted into a saloon in 1883 by Johnny Heinhold.  The name refers to the first and last place sailors could get a drink before hitting the open sea, and the pub was frequented by sailors and adventurers.

After Jack London returned from a fishing trip to Japan and gold-prospecting in the Klondike, the 17-year-old would study at the bar to complete his high school education.  London told Heinhold of his desire to attend college to become a writer, and Heinhold lent him the money to attend the University of California at Berkeley.

Although London only finished one year at the university, London used many figures from his time at Heinhold's in his writings (including Captain Alex MacLean, who became Wolf Larsen in <em>The Sea Wolf</em>).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-london/heinolds-first-and-last-chance-saloon/detail-2324</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 01:00:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the vliet home (former) : captain beefheart]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/captain-beefheart/the-vliet-home-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Vliet family lived at this home in Los Angeles when Don was born.  He was an artistically-inclined child and began to paint and sculpt at the age of 3.

When Don was 9 years old, he won a  children's sculpting competition organized for the Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park by sculptor Agostinho Rodrigues.  

During the 1950s, Don continued to work with Rodrigues, who considered him a child prodigy.  Eventually, Vliet was offered several art scholarships, including one from Knudsen Creamery to travel to Europe and study marble sculpture for 6 years.  The Vliet family was hesitant, and Don turned all the scholarships down.  

At the age of 13, the Vliet family moved to the Mojave Desert town of Lancaster, CA.  Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa would end up attending <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/frank-zappa-captain-beefheart/antelope-valley-high-school" target="_same">the same high school</a> there.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/captain-beefheart/the-vliet-home-former/detail-2323</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:57:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[glendale hospital : captain beefheart]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/captain-beefheart/glendale-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Don Glen Vliet (later Don van Vliet) was born in the Glendale Research Hospital on Feb. 18, 1941.  

Don's father, Glen Alonzo Vliet, was a partner in a gas service station.  Don's mother, Willie Sue Warfield, was a housewife.

Don would later transform into the performer that is Captain Beefheart.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/captain-beefheart/glendale-hospital/detail-2322</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:28:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the trout house : captain beefheart]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/captain-beefheart/the-trout-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This house (more of a cabin, really) is where Don van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart) coerced, bullied, and brain-washed the Magic Band into creating content for the 1969 album <em>Trout Mask Replica</em>.

For eight months, the band lived communally in this house and rehearsed endlessly.  Only one band member was allowed to leave at a time to get food, which for a month consisted of one small cup of soybeans daily.  Visitors to the house recalled the members looking "cadaverous" and that "the environment in that house was positively Manson-esque."

The bizarre rehearals meant that the band was able to record 20 instrumental tracks in a single six-hour recording session.  <em>Trout Mask Replica</em> remains an influential album, despite it being unbearable to casual listeners.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/captain-beefheart/the-trout-house/detail-2321</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2015 23:16:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the fogerty&#039;s house : creedence clearwater revival]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival/the-fogertys-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[During the early days of Creedence Clearwater Revival, back when the they were a junior high/high school band called The Blue Velvets, the Fogerty brothers (John and Tom) lived in the family home at this address.

Tom was a bit older and working on his own musical projects; he didn't join the band until after high school. 

John Fogerty lived in the basement.  As bandmate Stu Cook put it in a <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Born-On-the-Bayou-Digging-the-El-Cerrito-roots-2850873.php" target="_blank">SF Gate</a> article: "John had a basement mentality and he still has a basement mentality." ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival/the-fogertys-house/detail-2320</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2015 22:11:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cafe wha? : bob dylan, jimi hendrix, david lee roth]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-jimi-hendrix-david-lee-roth/cafe-wha</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1959, Manny Roth laid down some marble floor and spray-painted the walls black in this basement venue that had been a horse stable.  The idea was to have a place for the beatnik crowd to enjoy.

Roth held "hootenanny" nights where anyone could perform a song.  It was on Jan. 24, 1961 that a 19-year-old Bob Dylan played his first NYC set, consisting of several Woody Guthrie tunes.  At the end of the set, Roth asked the crowd if anybody had a couch Dylan could sleep on (he had just hitch-hiked from Minnesota).  

Jimi Hendrix used to play at Cafe Wha? in the mid-60s when he called himself Jimmy James and fronted The Blue Flames.

Manuel "Manny" Lee Roth is the uncle of Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth.  Manny Roth passed away on July 25, 2014 at the age of 94.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-jimi-hendrix-david-lee-roth/cafe-wha/detail-2319</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2015 04:20:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[normalmstorg : my struggle book 2]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-2/normalmstorg</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>We walked to the marketplace at the end of Biblioteksgatan, where the hostage drama that shook all of Sweden and gave rise to the concept of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome">Stockholm syndrome</a> had been enacted some time in the innocent 1970s, and we followed one of the back streets up to the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-2/nk-stockholm">NK</a> where we were going to do our food shopping this evening.

- My Struggle Book 2,</em> Karl Ove Knausgaard]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-2/normalmstorg/detail-2318</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2015 02:59:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nk stockholm : my struggle book 2]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-2/nk-stockholm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>"You reek of alcohol," she said, wriggling free.  "How could you do that to me?  Today of all days?"
"I'm sorry", I said.  "But it's no big deal, is it?"
She didn't answer, began to walk.  Didn't say a word as we left the station.  On the escalator up to Klarabergsviadukten she started to swear at me.  She shook the door to the drugstore at the top, but it was Sunday and was closed.  We continued down to the drugstore on the other side of NK.  She was furious the whole way.  I walked beside her like a dog...</em>

<em>- My Struggle Book 2, </em>Karl Ove Knausgaard]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-2/nk-stockholm/detail-2317</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2015 02:32:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gerde&#039;s folk city (former) : bob dylan, joan baez]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-joan-baez/gerdes-folk-city-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Gerde's Folk City (or Gerdes) was one of the pivotal music venues for the folk music revival of the early 60s, and continued to feature many breaking musicians and bands until the lease was not renewed in 1987.

Originally located at this address, the venue moved to 130 West 3rd Street in 1970.

It was at this location, that Bob Dylan played his first professional gig supporting John Lee Hooker on April 11, 1961.

Dylan's performance at Gerde's on September 29, 1961 was reviewed in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/05/04/reviews/dylan-gerde.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a> by Robert Shelton, after which Dylan's career catapulted.

Gerde's is also the place where Dylan first met Joan Baez, and  where he first played "Blowin' in the Wind" in a public performance.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-joan-baez/gerdes-folk-city-former/detail-2316</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2015 04:52:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[avatar studios : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/avatar-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Originally built as a Consolidated Edison power plant, this building became The Power Station recording studio in 1977 under the direction of producers Tony Bongiovi and Bob Walters.  The result is an award-winning recording space used by scores of musicians and bands.  In 1996, the studio was renamed Avatar Studios.

Bob Dylan's 1983 album <em>Infidels</em> was recorded at The Power Station from April&ndash;May, 1983.  Dylan needed someone with experience with new recording techniques, so Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler was selected to produce the album.  Additional musicians include the Jamaican reggae rhythm section of Sly &amp; Robbie.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/avatar-studios/detail-2315</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:44:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rundown studios : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/rundown-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Towards the end of his 1977 tour, Bob Dylan called Rob Stoner (bassist for the Rolling Thunder Revue) and asked him to help assemble a band to rehearse for the next tour.  

Dylan rented space at this address in Santa Monica, and named it for the general condition of the neighborhood at the time.  He hired engineers Arthur Rosato and Joel Bernstein to transform it into a rehearsal area/studio.

Dylan's expanded pop-based band practiced in the space, and eventually rented a mobile truck with a 24-track to do the recordings for the 1978 album <em>Street Legal</em>.  The cover of that album features the exterior of Rundown Studios.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/rundown-studios/detail-2314</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:12:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[plymell and ginsberg&#039;s apartment : zap comix, allen ginsberg, neal cassady]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/zap-comix-allen-ginsberg-neal-cassady/plymell-and-ginsbergs-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Beat generation mascot Neal Cassady (Dean Moriarty in <em>On the Road</em>) divorced from his wife Carolyn in 1963, he went to live with his poet buddy Allen Ginsberg and his poet/writer/drug-enthusiast roommate Charles Plymell at this address.

A hipster and experience czar from Kansas, Plymell would go on to publish the first issue of the underground <em>Zap Comix</em>, an early example of counter-culture underground comics.  According to lore, R. Crumb's wife, Dana, sold the first issue of <em>Zap</em> by peddling the comic out of a baby stoller around Haight-Ashbury.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/zap-comix-allen-ginsberg-neal-cassady/plymell-and-ginsbergs-apartment/detail-2313</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:00:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fantasy records office (former) : creedence clearwater revival]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival/fantasy-records-office-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1963, members of The Blue Velvets were watching a PBS documentary on Vince Guaraldi, who had a recent hit with "Cast Your Fate To The Wind."  The Blue Velvets were excited to learn that Guaraldi's label, Fantasy Records, was located nearby in Oakland, CA.

The band approached Max Weiss, co-owner of Fantasy Records, about doing some instrumentals for the label.  Weiss was impressed with the energy of the band and signed them, but had them change their name to The Golliwogs (which they kept for 3.5 years).

After Fantasy Records was sold to Saul Zaentz, the band changed their name again- to Creedence Clearwater Revival.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival/fantasy-records-office-former/detail-2312</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:59:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[charles schulz grave : charles schulz, peanuts]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/charles-schulz-peanuts/charles-schulz-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Charles Schulz initially learned how to draw by answering an advertisement that asked, "Do you like to draw?"  His art school correspondence school was the inauspicious start to his nationally syndicated strip <em>Peanuts</em>.

Charles Schulz died on February 12, 2000 from complications due to color cancer.  He was 77 years old.  He is buried at the Pleasant Hills Memorial Park in Sebastopol, California.

The last <em>Peanuts</em> cartoon was drawn by Schulz shortly before he died, and was printed the day after his passing (Feb. 13, 2000).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/charles-schulz-peanuts/charles-schulz-grave/detail-2311</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 02:42:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stu cook&#039;s house (former) : creedence clearwater revival]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival/stu-cooks-house-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Doug Clifford and John Fogerty met at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival-john-fogerty/portola-junior-high-school-former" target="_blank">Portola Junior High School</a>, they began to practice in the rumpus room of Stu Cook, whose father owned a piano.  

Stu Cook played piano (later switching to bass), Doug Clifford played drums, and John Fogerty played guitar.  Together they formed the band The Blue Velvets.  Later on, John's brother Tom Fogerty would join the band, eventually transforming into Creedence Clearwater Revival.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival/stu-cooks-house-former/detail-2310</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2015 04:11:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[charles schulz boyhood home : charles schulz, peanuts]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/charles-schulz-peanuts/charles-schulz-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist and creator of the popular Peanuts strip, grew up in this home.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/charles-schulz-peanuts/charles-schulz-boyhood-home/detail-2309</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 20:50:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[duck kee market (former) : creedence clearwater revival]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival/duck-kee-market-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The cover for CCR's 1969 album <em>Willy and the Poor Boys</em> was shot outside the Duck Kee Market by Basul Parik.  

John Fogerty liked the idea of a traveling band theme for the album, and the photo features the members of CCR jamming outside the location.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival/duck-kee-market-former/detail-2308</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 02:02:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the look building : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/the-look-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located at the corner of Madison Ave and 51st Street, the cake-like Look Building is named for the now-defunct magazine that the structure housed from 1937 to 1971.

The building also contained the offices of music publisher Witmark and Sons, who recorded early demos of Bob Dylan.  In July 1962, Dylan recorded the first demo for the song "Blowin' in the Wind" in a 6' x 8' room at this address.

Since then, the Look building was added to the <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/look-building-is-named-a-landmark/?_r=0" target="_blank">NYC landmark list</a> in July of 2010.  An album of the Witmark demos was released in 2010 called <em>The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962&ndash;1964.</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/the-look-building/detail-2307</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 01:38:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[karl ove knausgaard&#039;s flat [summer 2003 - fall 2006] : my struggle book 2]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-2/karl-ove-knausgaards-flat-summer-2003-fall-2006</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>It was the most bourgeois apartment I had ever seen.  An enormous Russian-style stove from the previous century at one end of the room, with a massive marble front; another one, just as tall, slightly less massive, in the bedroom.  White, beautifully carved panels on all the walls, stuccowork on the ceilings, which were more than four meters tall.  Fantastic herringbone parquet floors from the end of the nineteenth century. Her mother's furniture was in the same style: heavy, artistic, late nineteenth century.
"Can we live here?" I said as we walked around looking.

- My Struggle Book 2, </em> Karl Ove Knausgaard]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-2/karl-ove-knausgaards-flat-summer-2003-fall-2006/detail-2306</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2015 07:45:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[brandeis university : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/brandeis-university</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On May 10, 1963, a storm was descending on the Boston area.  A young folk singer was scheduled to perform in the (now gone) Ullman Ampitheatre for the Brandeis Folk Festival.  Instead, he performed in the gym, and the performance was recorded.

Bob Dylan's performance at the 1963 Brandeis Folk Festival went undiscovered for several years.  The recording was found <a href="http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2011/april/dylan.html" target="_blank">in the basement archive</a> of Rolling Stone writer Ralph Gleason.  In 2011, Columbia Records released Bob Dylan's <em>In Concert &ndash; Brandeis University 1963</em>.  

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/brandeis-university/detail-2305</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2015 04:42:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cicero&#039;s basement bar : uncle tupelo]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/uncle-tupelo/ciceros-basement-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Open and operating for over 25 years as a music venue, the basement of Cicero's has been instrumental in the development of alt-country music.

The band Uncle Tupelo (Jeff Tweedy, Jay Farrar, and Mike Heidorn) played many shows in the late 80s at Cicero's Basement Bar.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/uncle-tupelo/ciceros-basement-bar/detail-2304</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:58:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fairview manor : dej loaf]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dej-loaf/fairview-manor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In her track "Try Me", DeJ Loaf tells her audience some information about her personal life.  She claims, "I ain't signing to no label, bitch I'm independent", and makes threats of retribution to those who "try [her]".
Watch quiet little Deja Trimble perform  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hn9hLOljJI">"Try Me"</a> at her Fairview Manor residence.  
And check out her debut album <em>...And See That's the Thing</em> on Columbia Records. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dej-loaf/fairview-manor/detail-2303</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 02:37:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mr. ed&#039;s grave : mr. ed]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/mr-ed/mr-eds-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1961-1966, the gelding (castrated) crossbred named Bamboo Harvester played the role of Mr. Ed on the syndicated sitcom.  

Contrary to the popular "peanut butter theory", the crew used nylon wire to make Mr. Ed's mouth move.  Eventually, Mr. Ed would move his lips whenever his trainer touched his hoof.

Bamboo Harvester died in 1970 and was buried without fanfare at Snodgrass Farm.  He had filmed 143 episodes.  Today, there is a marker there to honor "the famous Mr. Ed."

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/mr-ed/mr-eds-grave/detail-2302</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:53:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[betty ting pei&#039;s apartment : bruce lee]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bruce-lee/betty-ting-peis-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On July 20, 1973, Bruce Lee and his agent, Raymond Chow, visited this apartment (then known as Bik Wah Court) of Taiwanese actress, Betty Ting Pei.  She lived in Flat A3/1F.

After working on a script for awhile, Lee complained of a headache (he had been diagnosed several months prior of cerebral edema).  Pei offered him a Equagesic- a type of painkiller that included a muscle relaxer.  Lee took the mediaction and then took a nap, and never woke up.  He was pronounced dead at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bruce-lee/betty-ting-peis-apartment/detail-2301</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:03:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[el cerrito high school : creedence clearwater revival]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival/el-cerrito-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Originally built by the WPA in the late 1930s, the El Cerrito High School opened its doors on January 6, 1941.  

The student body outgrew the original building rather quickly, and so the high school began to spread across the campus.  By 2007, the entire campus was demolished and a new school facility was reopened on January 5, 2009.

All four original members of Creedence Clearwater Revival attended the high school from 1959-1963.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival/el-cerrito-high-school/detail-2300</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 05:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[portola junior high school (former) : creedence clearwater revival, john fogerty]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival-john-fogerty/portola-junior-high-school-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Three members of Creedence Clearwater revival were born in 1945 and attended the Portola Junior High School in El Cerrito at the same time: singer/songwriter and lead guitarist John Fogerty, drummer Doug Clifford, and bassist Stu Cook.

Clifford first heard Fogerty playing piano in the music room of Portola (Mrs. Clark's music room, #508).  Clifford recognized the Fats Domino and Little Richard tunes, and started a conversation with Fogerty.  Fogerty said that he preferred to play guitar, and Clifford mentioned that he was a drummer.  He also stated that his friend, Stu Cook, played piano and had a rumpus room they could use to practice.

According to Clifford, &ldquo;I said this without having first talked with Stu or his dad. But I was wheeling and dealing back then."

The trio became a honky-tonk instrumental group called the Blue Velvets, and they played their first gig at a sock hop in the school's gym.

Note: now Fred T. Korematsu Middle School]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival-john-fogerty/portola-junior-high-school-former/detail-2297</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:55:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lakeview cemetery : bruce lee, brandon lee]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bruce-lee-brandon-lee/lakeview-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Both Bruce Lee and his son, Brandon Lee (<em>The Crow</em>), are buried in Lakeview Cemetery.

Bruce Lee died on July 20, 1973 of a cerebral edema (swelling of the brain) brought about by taking the medication Equagesic.  He was 32 years old.

The martial arts icon was buried at lot 276 of Lakeview Cemetery.  Pallbearers at his funeral on July 31, 1973 included Taky Kimura, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Chuck Norris, George Lazenby, Dan Inosanto, Peter Chin, and Lee's brother Robert.

Brandon Lee died of an accidental gunshot wound on March 31, 1993 in Wilmington, North Carolina, on the set of <em>The Crow</em>.  He was 28 years old.  The private funeral was held in Seattle on April 3, 1993.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bruce-lee-brandon-lee/lakeview-cemetery/detail-2296</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2015 02:21:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[museo subacu&amp;aacute;tico de arte : dessa]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dessa/museo-subacuatico-de-arte</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dessa, 1/7th of the Minneapolis hip hop collective Doomtree, filmed her video for "Sound the Bells," off her solo album <em>Parts of Speech</em>, underwater off the coast of Isla Mujeres. This "Island of Women" is located across the Bahia de Mujeres (Bay of Women) from Cancun. 

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIGioQ7tfXg" target="_blank">Watch the video for "Sound the Bells"</a>

The permanent, life-sized sculptures by Jason deCaires Taylor are designed to promote coral life. You can read more about the underwater art museum <a href="http://musacancun.org" target="_blank">here</a>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dessa/museo-subacuatico-de-arte/detail-2295</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:08:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the spiral (former) : the strokes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-strokes/the-spiral-former(244-east-houston-street-new-york-new-york-10002-united-states)</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A bar/music venue in the 90s and early 00s, The Spiral had the following write-up in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/31/arts/in-the-nightlife-of-houston-street-some-new-kids-on-the-block.html?pagewanted=2" target="_blank">NY Times</a>: 

<em>The Spiral's circular theme (curlicue above the door, concrete guitar sculpture just inside with an indented spiral at the center) is actually secondary to its industrial theme. The walls are painted a heavy stone-gray; the tables and chairs are shiny black, and the only light comes from behind metal sconces arranged in a neat line on the wall opposite the bar. </em>

The Strokes played one of their (if not their first) bar gig at Spiral on Sept. 14, 1999.  Bassist Nikolai Fraiture recalls: 

<em>"It was one of our first shows. There were about five people there. I don't even know if they had much of a PA, it was a crap place."</em>  (<a href="http://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/58115" target="_blank">nme.com</a>)]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-strokes/the-spiral-former(244-east-houston-street-new-york-new-york-10002-united-states)/detail-2294</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:22:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[edison technical school (former) : bruce lee]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bruce-lee/edison-technical-school-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On Sept 3, 1959, Bruce Lee enrolled at the Edison Technical School to complete his high school equivalency.  He graduated on December 2, 1960.

Today, the location is part of Seattle Central College.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bruce-lee/edison-technical-school-former/detail-2293</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:07:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the music building : the strokes, joey ramone]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-strokes-joey-ramone/the-music-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Music Building (also called the Manhattan Music Building) is a music rehearsal space that has been open 24/7 since 1979.  With 69 studios over 12 floors, the building has had numerous musicians honing their craft within its walls over the years.

In 1999, The Strokes would spend countless all-nighters at their rented space rehearsing their material before releasing their first album, <em>Is This It</em>, in 2001.

Other music icons that have used the rehearsal space include Joey Ramone, Madonna, Billy Idol, Television and The New York Dolls.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-strokes-joey-ramone/the-music-building/detail-2291</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 12:07:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jun fan gung fu institute (former) : bruce lee]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bruce-lee/jun-fan-gung-fu-institute-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bruce Lee opened his first Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute at this address in Seattle in 1963.  Lee lived in the back of this address during this time.  

It was also at this time that Bruce Lee began taking an interest in one of his students, Linda Emery.  Lee and Emery were married the following year in 1964.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bruce-lee/jun-fan-gung-fu-institute-former/detail-2290</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:45:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[linda bostr&amp;ouml;m&#039;s apartment : my struggle book 2]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-2/linda-bostroms-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>...First of all, I read the address, Br&auml;nnkyrkagatan 92, there was something familiar about it, I had seen it somewhere, but where? Where? I wondered, scanning the list of names.
Oh, fuck it.</em>
Linda Bostr&ouml;m, <em>it said.
A chill ran down my spine.</em>

- <em>My Struggle Book 2,</em> Karl Ove Knausgaard]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-2/linda-bostroms-apartment/detail-2289</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:44:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ruby chow restaurant (former) : bruce lee]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bruce-lee/ruby-chow-restaurant-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After getting in numerous fights with street gangs in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee was sent by his parents back to America.  

He arrived in 1959, and lived and worked at the Ruby Chow restaurant in Seattle.  Ruby Chow was a restauranteur that became the first Asian American to serve on the King County Council (Seattle), where she served three terms.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bruce-lee/ruby-chow-restaurant-former/detail-2288</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 02:32:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dalton school : samuel r. delany]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/samuel-r-delany/dalton-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Dalton School is a prestigious college prep school in the Ivy Preparatory School League.  Founded in 1918 by Helen Parkhurst (a contemporary and colleague of Maria Montessori), Dalton was established as an "educational model that captured the progressive spirit of the age." (from wiki)

Notable folks that have attended the Dalton School include science-fiction writer Samuel R. Delany, actors Chevy Chase, Christian Slater and Claire Danes.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/samuel-r-delany/dalton-school/detail-2287</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:51:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dwight school : the strokes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-strokes/dwight-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1872, the Dwight School went through many iterations and locations before it landed on this Upper West Side location.  

A prestigious college prep school, Dwight has seen many notable alumni, including writer Truman Capote and former NYC mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia.

In the music world, singer-songwriter Julian Casablancas, guitarist Nick Valensi, and drummer Fab Moretti of The Strokes met and started playing together while at the school.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-strokes/dwight-school/detail-2286</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2015 02:11:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chinese hospital : bruce lee]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bruce-lee/chinese-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bruce Lee (n&eacute;e Lee Jun-fan) was born at the Chinese Hospital in San Francisco on November 27, 1940 to Lee Hoi-chuen (father) and Grace Ho (mother).  

The elder Lee was a leading Cantonese opera and film actor on tour in America at the time of Bruce's birth.  The family returned to Hong Kong (specifically, Kowloon) shortly after Lee was born, and within months Japan invaded Hong Kong.

Bruce Lee would return to San Francisco in 1959 at the age of eighteen.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bruce-lee/chinese-hospital/detail-2284</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2015 01:00:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[park hyatt tokyo : lost in translation]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/lost-in-translation/park-hyatt-tokyo</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bob Harris (Bill Murray) meets the lovely Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) in the New York Grill of the Park Hyatt Tokyo in the 2003 film <em>Lost in Translation</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/lost-in-translation/park-hyatt-tokyo/detail-2283</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2015 07:30:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[institut le rosey : the strokes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-strokes/institut-le-rosey</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Established in 1880, this Swiss boarding school has some interesting associated superlatives.

1.  The Institut Le Rosey is the only boarding school that changes campuses during different seasons.  This is to utilize the school's own ski resort in the winter months (January to March).

2.  The annual tution and boarding fees are CHF 125,000 (about $133,000), making Le Rosey the most expensive school in the world.

In the music world, Julian Casablancas was sent here at the age of 13 to improve his academic performance, where he met Albert Hammond, Jr. years before they would go on to form The Strokes.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-strokes/institut-le-rosey/detail-2282</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:15:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[new masonic temple : escape from new york (1980)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/escape-from-new-york-1980/new-masonic-temple</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1921, the New Masonic Temple in St. Louis has a prestigious history.  

Then-Senator and Free Mason Grand Master Harry Truman had an office here before he became president.  Charles Lindbergh was initiated here before he crossed the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis.  And Ernest Borgnine (also a mason) filmed a scene on the steps of the temple for the John Carpenter film <em>Escape from New York</em> (1980).

If you are interested in buying a piece of history, the New Masonic Temple is up for sale for $6 million (as of Dec. 14, 2014).

Source: <a href="http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/2014/12/12/st-louis-city-masonic-temple-being-sold/20302163/" target="_blank">kdsk.com</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/escape-from-new-york-1980/new-masonic-temple/detail-2280</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2015 01:01:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rye playland : tom hanks, big (1988)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/tom-hanks-big-1988/rye-playland</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Josh Baskin (Tom Hanks) makes a wish at the Zoltar machine in the 1998 film <em>Big</em>.  

The scene was shot at the Rye Playground.  Owned by Westchester County of New York, it is the only government owned-and-operated amusement parks in the United States.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/tom-hanks-big-1988/rye-playland/detail-2279</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2015 02:57:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[malaga island : civil rights]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/civil-rights/malaga-island</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although many aspects of its history seem to be obscured, Malaga Island was the site of a mixed-race community from the Civil War until their forced expulsion in 1912.  

The black and white settlers had formed a fishing village with a school on the island, and they lived peacefully for 50 years until the state of Maine purchased the island in 1911.
  
The idea of a mixed community was at odds with the prevailing eugenics theory of the area, and local and state politicians used the Malaga Island community as a wedge issue.  

Eight settlers were committed to the Maine School for the Feeble-Minded.  The remaining 45 residents were evicted from the island, their school was moved to a different island, and Malaga Island's graveyard was dug up and redeposited on the mainland.

Source: <a href="http://www.malagaislandmaine.org/index.htm" target="_blank">Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold</a> radio documentary and <em>Strange Fruit, Volume I</em> graphic novel by Joel Christian Gill]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/civil-rights/malaga-island/detail-2278</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 04:10:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[russian tea room : manhattan (1979), woody allen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/manhattan-1979-woody-allen/russian-tea-room</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Isaac (Woody Allen) picks up his son from his ex-wife (Meryl Streep) that is writing a book about their love life, and they head to the Russian Tea Room for lunch.  

The Russian Tea Room opened in 1927 as a place for Russian expats to meet, but became a gathering place for entertainment types.  The original restaurant closed in 2002, but opened in 2006 with the same name and look.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/manhattan-1979-woody-allen/russian-tea-room/detail-2277</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2015 02:33:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lido hotel : the eagles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-eagles/lido-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The lobby of the Lido Hotel was the stand-in for the interior of The Eagles' fictional hotel in the <em>Hotel California</em> album's inside cover. According to a persistent myth, Anton LaVey is keeping watch over the gathering from the upstairs window... if you squint you might be able to make him out. 

The building, which dates back to the 1920s, has been renovated and converted to apartments. The hotel in the photo on the album cover is the <a href="/locations/music/the-eagles/the-beverly-hills-hotel">Beverly Hills Hotel</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-eagles/lido-hotel/detail-2276</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2015 21:51:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the beverly hills hotel : the eagles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-eagles/the-beverly-hills-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I won't attempt to unpack the meaning of The Eagles' Hotel California, but I will point out that the hotel on the album cover is the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-eagles/the-beverly-hills-hotel/detail-2275</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:18:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[massa&#039;s tavern : the best show]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/the-best-show/massas-tavern</link>
				<description><![CDATA[According to Tom Scharpling, "[Massa's is] an old man bar.  It's well kept though.  This is not like something from <em>8mm</em>".
Check out Massa's bartender Mike Lisk as AP Mike on <a href="http://thebestshow.net/">thebestshow.net</a>  every Tuesday 9PM to 12AM EST]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/the-best-show/massas-tavern/detail-2274</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2014 10:27:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the park bench from manhattan : manhattan (1979), woody allen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/manhattan-1979-woody-allen/the-park-bench-from-manhattan</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The iconic park bench scene from Woody Allen's <em>Manhattan</em> takes place at Sutton Square, overlooking the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/manhattan-1979-woody-allen/the-park-bench-from-manhattan/detail-2273</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:35:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[heimdalsgate : of montreal]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/of-montreal/heimdalsgate</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Street where Kevin Barnes lived & did much drugs, inspiring the single "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse"]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/of-montreal/heimdalsgate/detail-2272</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2014 10:20:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where &#039;dimebag&#039; darrell was killed : pantera, damageplan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/pantera-damageplan/where-dimebag-darrell-was-killed</link>
				<description><![CDATA["Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and his brother Vinnie Paul, both founding members of Pantera, formed the band Damageplan after Pantera's breakup in 2003. 

During a December 8, 2004 Damageplan concert at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, a mentally ill former U.S. Marine climbed on stage during their first song and shot "Dimebag" Darrell multiple times in the head. Three other people were killed and several wounded before a police officer was able to shoot and kill the gunman. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/pantera-damageplan/where-dimebag-darrell-was-killed/detail-2270</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:49:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lighthouse of alexandria (former) : seven wonders of the world]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/seven-wonders-of-the-world/lighthouse-of-alexandria-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Commissioned by the first Ptolemy in 280 BC, the Lighthouse of Alexandria was a monumental structure that stood around 400 ft (122 m) tall.

The lighthouse functioned through the use of large fires in the interior cylinder and a use giant mirror at the top.  It's referenced throughout historical texts, and the lighthouse's image was printed on coins from the era. 

The lighthouse, or Pharos, was badly damaged in earthquakes in 956, and then again in 1303 and 1323.  In 1480, the Sultan of Qaitbay demolished the remnants to create a citadel.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/seven-wonders-of-the-world/lighthouse-of-alexandria-former/detail-2269</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:17:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woodruff park : anchorman 2]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/anchorman-2/woodruff-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Standing in for a Manhattan park, Woodruff Park in Atlanta, GA is the filming location where Ron Burgundy and the crew from Global News Network battle the cameo-heavy news crews from ESPN, MTV, BBC, CBC and the History Channel  (as well as a werewolf and the ghost of Stonewall Jackson).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/anchorman-2/woodruff-park/detail-2268</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:41:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the laundry : radiohead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/radiohead/the-laundry</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Laundry is a bar/restaurant/event space co-owned by Ed O'Brien, guitarist for Radiohead.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/radiohead/the-laundry/detail-2267</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 02:56:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nakatomi plaza : die hard]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/die-hard/nakatomi-plaza</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Before Bruce Willis began sleepwalking through the role of John McClane he first defended Nakatomi Plaza against Hans Gruber on Christmas Eve in 1988. 

The real-life Fox Plaza is home to Twentieth Century Fox's official headquarters.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/die-hard/nakatomi-plaza/detail-2266</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:20:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[electrical audio : steve albini]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/steve-albini/electrical-audio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Former Big Black frontman and legendary producer Steve Albini founded the <a href="http://www.electricalaudio.com/index.php" target="_blank">Electrical Audio</a> studio in the mid-90s.  Studio space and sound engineering are available for booking.

This studio was featured in the first episode of <em>Sonic Highways</em>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/steve-albini/electrical-audio/detail-2265</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 20:21:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ohio arch : elephant micah]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elephant-micah/ohio-arch</link>
				<description><![CDATA["There is a place / Between the two greatest states in the Union / Where one feels so proud to pass / That they built, oh, a noble monument / To rock & roll, my friends, to rock & roll"]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elephant-micah/ohio-arch/detail-2264</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 05:06:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hilton hotel (former) : my struggle book 1]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-1/hilton-hotel-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>...It is the fourth of March 2008.  I am sitting in my office, surrounded by books from floor to ceiling, listening to the Swedish band Dungen and thinking about what I have written and where it is leading...Outside, at the front of the enormous Hilton Hotel, which is still in shadow, the lifts glide up and down in three glass shafts.  Next door there is a redbrick building which, judging by all the bay windows, dormers, and arches, must be from the end of the nineteenth century or early twentieth.  Beyond that, there is a glimpse of a tiny stretch of Magistrat Park with its denuded trees and green grass, where a motley gray house in a seventies style breaks the view, and forces the eye up to the sky, which for the first time in several weeks is a clear blue.</em>

- <em>My Struggle Book 1</em>, Karl Ove Knausgaard]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-1/hilton-hotel-former/detail-2263</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2014 05:07:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[us video : my struggle book 1]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-1/us-video</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>All day long a regular stream of men went in and out of the door to US VIDEO, and having lived here for close to a year, in nine cases out of ten I could pick out who was about to go in and who would walk by.</em>

- <em>My Struggle Book 1</em>, Karl Ove Knausgaard</em></em></em></em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/my-struggle-book-1/us-video/detail-2262</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2014 04:27:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[danny brown&#039;s &#039;hood (former) : danny brown]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/danny-brown/danny-browns-hood-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From "Torture":
"Back when I was living on Flanders / Saw another dope fiend beat another with a hammer"]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/danny-brown/danny-browns-hood-former/detail-2261</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2014 04:07:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the garcia house : lethal weapon 2]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/lethal-weapon-2/the-garcia-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Garcia house is a residence on Mulholland Drive built by architect John Lautner in 1962. It's sometimes called the Rainbow House due to its arched roof and the colorful stained glass windows. 

In Lethal Weapon 2, it's the base of South African drug dealers, and Riggs destroys the building by pulling it down the hill with his pickup truck. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/lethal-weapon-2/the-garcia-house/detail-2260</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:23:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[b &amp; g wine &amp; liquor : lizzo, lazerbeak]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/lizzo-lazerbeak/b-g-wine-liquor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The cover and interior photos for Lizzo's 2013 album <em>Lizzobangers</em> were shot outside the B & G Wine & Liquor store in Nordeast Mpls.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/lizzo-lazerbeak/b-g-wine-liquor/detail-2259</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2014 00:03:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chemosphere : body double (1984)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/body-double-1984/chemosphere</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Architect John Lautner's Chemosphere (named for the Chem Seal Corporation's coatings used when it was built) is a unique Modernist building in Los Angeles. The one story octagon sits on a thirty-foot-high concrete pole in the Hollywood Hills.  

It's home to the murderous Sam in Brian de Palma's 1984 movie <em>Body Double</em>. In real life it's been the home of Benedikt Taschen, of Taschen publishing, since 2000. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/body-double-1984/chemosphere/detail-2258</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2014 20:40:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stahl house : why do fools fall in love, galaxy quest]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/why-do-fools-fall-in-love-galaxy-quest/stahl-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1945 Arts &amp; Architecture magazine began a program where they commissioned architects to build model homes as examples of housing that could accommodate the millions of U.S. troops returning from the war. 

Thirty-six of these case study houses were designed during the program's twenty-year run (<a href="/locations/art-and-design/charles-and-ray-eames/eames-house">see #8 here</a>), and most are located around Los Angeles. 

Case Study House #22, also known as the Stahl House, was designed by Pierre Koenig and built in 1959 in the Hollywood Hills. You can see it in a number of films including Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Galaxy Quest and The Thirteenth Floor.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/why-do-fools-fall-in-love-galaxy-quest/stahl-house/detail-2257</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:03:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mulholland safehouse : grand theft auto: san andreas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas/mulholland-safehouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Mulholland Safehouse in Grand Theft Auto's fictional city of Los Santos is based on architect Pierre Koenig's iconic <a href="/locations/movies/why-do-fools-fall-in-love-galaxy-quest/stahl-house">Stahl House</a> in Los Angeles.  

FYI: I read that you should save here instead of Madd Dogg's crib, because otherwise you will run into a glitch and you will no longer be able to play basketball... good to know.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas/mulholland-safehouse/detail-2256</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:01:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the lovell house : l.a. confidential]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/la-confidential/the-lovell-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Lovell House is a modernist home in Los Angeles built by architect Richard Neutra. Physician Philip Lovell instructed Neutra to design a house that would enhance the health of its inhabitants, and with the emphasis on healthy living which included a swimming pool, a basketball court, a handball court and a great number of windows, it became known as the Lovell Health House after it was completed in 1929. 

In 1997's <em>L.A. Confidential</em> the building was home to pornographer and pimp Pierce Patchett.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/la-confidential/the-lovell-house/detail-2255</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:22:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[town and country jeep chrysler dodge : this american life]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/this-american-life/town-and-country-jeep-chrysler-dodge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Featured in the <em>This American Life</em> episode called "129 Cars," the Town & Country Jeep Chrysler Dodge in Levittown on Long Island is a boiler room of salespeople and strategists doing what they need to do to hit their numbers.

I'm looking forward to when I can binge watch this reality show.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/this-american-life/town-and-country-jeep-chrysler-dodge/detail-2254</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 05:51:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[best buy : serial]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/serial/best-buy</link>
				<description><![CDATA[According to Jay (the boyfriend of Adnan's friend Stephanie), Adnan showed him Hae Min Lee's body in the trunk of her car in this Best Buy parking lot on January 13, 1999. Jay's testimony was the basis for the state's case against Adnan. 

In <a href="http://serialpodcast.org/season-one/5/route-talk" target="_blank">episode 05</a> of WBEZ Chicago's podcast Serial, Sarah Koenig and her producer Dana prove it is possible to drive from <a href="/locations/radio/serial/woodlawn-high-school">WoodLawn High School</a>, immediately after it lets out, to the Best Buy parking lot in under twenty-one minutes. This fits (just barely) the timeline during which the prosecution says Adnan killed Hae.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/serial/best-buy/detail-2253</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:46:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[leakin park : serial]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/serial/leakin-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On February 9, 1999 a maintenance man discovered Hae Min Lee's body in Baltimore's Leakin Park. According to Jay's testimony, this is where he and Adnan buried her on January 13th after Adnan killed her. 

This part of Adnan's case is covered in <a href="http://serialpodcast.org/season-one/3/leakin-park" target="_blank">episode 03</a> of WBEZ Chicago's podcast Serial.

Leakin Park, along with Gwynns Falls Park, covers over 1,200 acres and has a reputation in Baltimore as a dumping ground for murder victims. In season four of <a href="/locations/television/the-wire">The Wire</a> Bunk and Freamon search Leakin Park for bodies that they can tie to Marlo.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/serial/leakin-park/detail-2252</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:40:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woodlawn public library : serial]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/serial/woodlawn-public-library</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Adnan Syed may or may not have been at this public library near Woodlawn High School during the twenty-one minutes after school on January 13, 1999 when the prosecution said Hae Min Lee was killed. Asia McClain, a student at WoodLawn High School, claimed in a series of letters to have seen Adnan at this time. This would have provided an alibi for Adnan, but it was never used by his defense in the case. 

You can find out more in <a href="http://serialpodcast.org/season-one/1/the-alibi" target="_blank">episode 01</a> of WBEZ Chicago's podcast Serial.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/serial/woodlawn-public-library/detail-2251</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:38:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woodlawn high school : serial]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/serial/woodlawn-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On January 13, 1999, Hae Min Lee, a senior at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County, disappeared. After her body was discovered a few weeks later, her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed, also a senior at Woodlawn, was arrested for her murder. He was later convicted and then sentenced to life in June of the following year. 

The case against Adnan is examined in depth in season one of Sarah Koenig's podcast <a href="http://serialpodcast.org" target="_blank">Serial</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/serial/woodlawn-high-school/detail-2250</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:27:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[north brother island : typhoid mary]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/typhoid-mary/north-brother-island</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although it's now off-limits to the public and currently serves as a bird sanctuary in the Harbor Heron Preserves project, North Brother Island was once a quarantine zone for people with infectious diseases.

North Brother Island held several cases of smallpox, tuberculosis, and other diseases, but the most famous resident was undoubtedly Typhoid Mary.

Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant who worked as a cook, was visibly healthy to an inspection.  After following a trail of fevers and infections in 1906, researcher George Soper connected the dots to Mallon.  

Mary was an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever, meaning that she carried the disease without suffering from the symptoms.  She was forcibly quarantined (twice) on North Brother Island until her death from a stroke there in 1938.  She was 69 years old.

View a recent photo essay of the <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/04/a-visit-to-typhoid-marys-domain/?_r=0">North Brother Island ruins</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/typhoid-mary/north-brother-island/detail-2249</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:12:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rancho de la luna : queens of the stone age, foo fighters, earthlings?]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/queens-of-the-stone-age-foo-fighters-earthlings/rancho-de-la-luna</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Rancho de la Luna is a recording studio in Joshua Tree about two hours from LA out in the California desert. Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Arctic Monkeys, earthlings? and Foo Fighters are just a few of the bands that have recorded here over the years. 

Fred Drake and David Catching founded the studio in 1993, and David has continued to operate the studio after Fred's death in 2002. 

It's been featured in Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, in the Los Angeles episode of Foo Fighter's HBO series Sonic Highways and in <a href="http://www.vice.com/video/episode-6-rancho-de-la-luna" target="_blank">a short Vice documentary</a> by Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/queens-of-the-stone-age-foo-fighters-earthlings/rancho-de-la-luna/detail-2248</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:20:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[transcanada pipelines ltd : energy, environmental disasters, xl keystone]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/energy-environmental-disasters-xl-keystone/transcanada-pipelines-ltd</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located at this address in sunny Calgary, Canada, is the Transcanada Corp office.

Transcanada is the brain trust that is shoving the XL Keystone pipeline down America's throat via an insecure Congress desperate to prove that they can get something- no matter how ill-conceived and unbeneficial to Americans- done.

The US $12.2 billion project is set to bring tar sands oil from Alberta that is rich in sulfur and other tasty stuff to the only shit pot in North America that will process it- Houston, TX.  

<em>But what about the jobs created?</em>  The number of actual jobs gets hyper-inflated with the zealousness of the proponent, but a recent <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2013/05/10/pipe-dreams-how-many-jobs-will-be-created-by-keystone-xl/" target="_blank">Forbes article</a> shows that Transcanada's own applications state they expect (on the top end) only 6,000-6,500 short term jobs created for the complete construction and approximately 35 full time jobs once it's online.  

In comparison, Amazon.com is hiring 80,000 short term jobs for the holiday season (view <a href="http://www.techtimes.com/articles/18009/20141017/amazon-preps-for-holidays-hires-80-000-temporary-workers.htm" target="_blank">source here</a>).

We, the energy thirsty masses, get to bear the brunt of increased air pollution from the processing and the risk of leaks, contamination, and spills that a 1,200 mile (1,900 km) pipeline brings.

But environmental disasters related to industrial energy use rarely occur, unless you count the Gulf BP oil spill, or the Exxon Valdez, or the Fukushima nuclear power plant, or Chernobyl, or Three-Mile-Island or this rather <a href="&ldquo;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_spills&rdquo; target=&ldquo;_blank&rdquo;">long and depressing list of recent oil spills</a>.

And then there&rsquo;s that whole global warming thing that we didn&rsquo;t get to talk about...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/energy-environmental-disasters-xl-keystone/transcanada-pipelines-ltd/detail-2247</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:43:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[international thermonuclear experimental reactor (iter) : energy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/energy/international-thermonuclear-experimental-reactor-iter</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in southeastern France, the ITER is the first large-scale attempt at nuclear fusion.  To make a comparison, fusion is the combination of atoms (like what the sun does), instead of splitting an atom (which is nuclear fission).

With seven member entities contributing to the ambitious megaproject- including the European Union, India, Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, South Korea and the United States- the project is scheduled to go online in 2019 with a price tag of around $50 billion U.S.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/energy/international-thermonuclear-experimental-reactor-iter/detail-2246</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:32:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the godfather house : the godfather (1972)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-godfather-1972/the-godfather-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The former estate of Don Vito Corleone for the 1972 film <em>The Godfather</em> was this 6,248 sq ft, five-bedroom mansion on Staten Island.

As of now, it's currently on the market for $2,895,000.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-godfather-1972/the-godfather-house/detail-2245</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:51:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[home alone house : home alone]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/home-alone/home-alone-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The McCallister's lived at this house, which was defended from robbers by Kevin McCallister, in the 1990 film <em>Home Alone</em>.

Here's a photo of the <em>Home Alone</em> house with two suspicious vans in front of it.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/home-alone/home-alone-house/detail-2244</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:30:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ribera steakhouse : the ribera steakhouse jacket]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/the-ribera-steakhouse-jacket/ribera-steakhouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[According to Stan Hansen, Bruiser Brody discovered the Ribera Steakhouse while on the lookout for an American-style dinner during a tour of Japan sometime in the late 70s / early 80s. The hole-in-the-wall restaurant gained a legendary status shortly after that, and it became a rite of passage for pro wrestlers to pick up the satin jacket with the distinctive bull logo whenever they visited.

You can credit the Road Warriors for being the first to realize how amazing the jacket looked with a pair of Zubaz.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/the-ribera-steakhouse-jacket/ribera-steakhouse/detail-2243</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2014 00:11:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[good news garage : car talk, click and clack, tom and ray magliozzi]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/car-talk-click-and-clack-tom-and-ray-magliozzi/good-news-garage</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The stars of NPR's <em>Car Talk</em>- Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers (better known as Tom and Ray Magliozzi)- used to own a DIY garage called Hacker's Heaven.  

After that didn't work out, they opened a legit auto repair shop called Good News Garage, which is still open today.

Tom Magliozzi passed away on Nov. 3, 2014 from complication of Alzheimer's disease. He was 77 years old.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/car-talk-click-and-clack-tom-and-ray-magliozzi/good-news-garage/detail-2242</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2014 19:57:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[twin cities assembly plant : ford motor co, ford ranger]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/ford-motor-co-ford-ranger/twin-cities-assembly-plant</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Twin Cities Assembly Plant, aka the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant, aka the Ford Plant, existed on this site from 1925 to 2011, making it the oldest Ford plant in operation when it closed on December 16, 2011.

The Ford Co. was drawn to the location early on by the promise of cheap hydroelectric power from the Mississippi River.  From the mid 1920s to the 1950s, the company made glass from silica mined from sandstone on site.

Ford manufactured the following vehicles at the location: Ford Model T, Model TT truck, Sportsman convertible, Galaxie, LTD, Mazda B-Series, and many, many Ford Ranger pickups.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/ford-motor-co-ford-ranger/twin-cities-assembly-plant/detail-2241</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:33:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the cbs broadcast center  : last week tonight, john oliver]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/last-week-tonight-john-oliver/the-cbs-broadcast-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The satirical long-form journalism magazine show, <em>Last Week Tonight</em>, shoots at The CBS Broadcast Center.  

Tickets can be found at <a href="http://www.lastweektickets.com/" target="_blank">lastweektickets.com</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/last-week-tonight-john-oliver/the-cbs-broadcast-center/detail-2240</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2014 09:26:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bob ross grave : bob ross]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/bob-ross/bob-ross-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Soft-spoken and encouraging painter Bob Ross was the star of the PBS show <em>The Joy of Painting</em> from 1983 to 1994.

Prior to his tv show, Ross was in the Air Force for 20 years, retiring with the rank of Master Sergeant.

Bob Ross was buried here after his death from lymphoma on July 4, 1995.  He was 52 years old.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/bob-ross/bob-ross-grave/detail-2239</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2014 21:54:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[oculus vr headquarters : virtual reality, oculus vr]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/virtual-reality-oculus-vr/oculus-vr-headquarters</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The headquarters for the Oculus VR company is located at this address in Irvine, CA.  

Founded in 2012, the Oculus VR company is the outcome of CEO's Palmer Luckey's work to create a consumer form of immersive interactivity.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/virtual-reality-oculus-vr/oculus-vr-headquarters/detail-2238</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:27:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jonas salk hall : polio vaccine]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/polio-vaccine/jonas-salk-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jonas Salk Hall is located on the University of Pittsburgh campus.  

Constructed in 1941 in the Art Deco style, the building was previously owned by the city of Pittsburgh, and was called the Pittsburgh Municipal Hospital for Contagious Diseases.

In an obvious move of selfishness, the hospital was built by President Roosevelt's Public Works Administration (remember, that guy in the wheelchair who had polio).
 
In a move that would make an Ayn Rand acolyte's head spin, the research department at this facility was funded by that same selfish Roosevelt's private foundation- the National Foundation on Infantile Paralysis (later named the March of Dimes). 

In 1948, enter Jonas Salk, skilled and dedicated research scientist.  He put together a team and a laboratory in the basement of this address and got to work.  Seven years later, polio is gone.  Gone!  Seven years!

When asked who owned the patent to the vaccine, Salk replied  "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"  The estimated value, had the vaccine been patented, was roughly $7 billion.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/polio-vaccine/jonas-salk-hall/detail-2237</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:31:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the fremont house : rehab addict]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/rehab-addict/the-fremont-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nicole and the rehab crew take on this house in Season 1 of <em>Rehab Addict</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/rehab-addict/the-fremont-house/detail-2236</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:46:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the lyndale house : rehab addict]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/rehab-addict/the-lyndale-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the  first house that Nicole tackles in Season 1 of <em>Rehab Addict</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/rehab-addict/the-lyndale-house/detail-2235</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:49:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the minnehaha house : rehab addict]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/rehab-addict/the-minnehaha-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nicole spends a good deal of Season 1 of <em>Rehab Addict</em> (DIY network) rehabbing this 5 room mansion on the parkway.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/rehab-addict/the-minnehaha-house/detail-2234</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:41:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cromer pier : alan partridge: alpha papa (2013)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/alan-partridge-alpha-papa-2013/cromer-pier</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The affably egomaniacal radio personality Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) squares off on the scenic Cromer Pier in the film <em>Alan Partridge</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/alan-partridge-alpha-papa-2013/cromer-pier/detail-2233</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 19:48:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[omni hotel : silicon valley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/silicon-valley/omni-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The gang from Pied Piper get upgraded to a suite at the Omni Hotel after Erlich's public beating by a jealous husband in Season 1 of the HBO series <em>Silicon Valley</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/silicon-valley/omni-hotel/detail-2231</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:25:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dub&#039;s lounge : tom petty]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tom-petty/dubs-lounge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Back in the early 1970s, Mudcrutch was the house band at Dub's Lounge and played six nights a week.  Members of Mudcrutch included Tom Petty and several members of the Heartbreakers.

The building was torn down on July 23, 2014 to make room for a Social Security office (source: <a href="http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140723/ARTICLES/140729810" target="_blank">Gainesville.com</a>)]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tom-petty/dubs-lounge/detail-2230</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2014 08:14:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the orleans hotel and casino : george carlin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/george-carlin/the-orleans-hotel-and-casino</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located about a mile off the strip, The Orleans is considered a locals casino in the city of sin.

George Carlin gave his last stand-up performance there on June 6, 2008.  He died on June 22 at the age of 71.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/george-carlin/the-orleans-hotel-and-casino/detail-2229</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:13:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[headland hotel : the witches]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-witches/headland-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Headland Hotel opened in 1900, and overlooks Fistral Beach and Towan Head.  

The hotel was the setting for the Hotel Excelsior in the 1990 film <em>The Witches</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-witches/headland-hotel/detail-2228</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:18:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 grand palace : ready player one]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ready-player-one/20-grand-palace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>Then I knew where I was. And <em>who</em> I was.

I was David Lightman, Matthew Broderick's character in the movie <em>WarGames</em>. And this was his first scene in the film.

I was <em>in the movie</em>.

I took a quick glance around and saw a detailed replica of 20 Grand Palace, the combination arcade/pizza joint <a href="/locations/movies/wargames/20-grand-palace">featured in the film</a>.</em>

&ndash; <em>Ready Player One</em>, Ernest Cline]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ready-player-one/20-grand-palace/detail-2227</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 02:35:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[corpus christi school : george carlin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/george-carlin/corpus-christi-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, the Corpus Chrisit School is a Catholic elementary school of the adjacent Corpus Christi Church.

Outspoken comedian George Carlin attended the school as a youth.  Although he later mocked organized religion (and Catholicism in particular) in his act, Carlin remembered the school as an open-minded and positive learning experience.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/george-carlin/corpus-christi-school/detail-2226</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:49:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hotel westminster : mitch hedberg]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/mitch-hedberg/hotel-westminster</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After performing for six nights at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/louie-bill-hicks/carolines-on-broadway">Carolines</a>, comedian Mitch Hedberg and his wife began staying at hotels in the NYC area.

On Tuesday, March 29, 2005, the couple checked into the Westminster in Livingston, NJ.  Hedberg died the following evening from multiple toxicity drug overdose.  He was 37 years old.

Taking a cue from Steven Wright, Hedberg's comedy style consisted of offbeat non-sequitors and staccato ramblings.  Hear his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbuk4XH8SS8" target="_blank">work here</a>.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/mitch-hedberg/hotel-westminster/detail-2225</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:31:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the flint center for the performing arts : apple, steve jobs, macintosh]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/apple-steve-jobs-macintosh/the-flint-center-for-the-performing-arts</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located on the De Anza College campus, the Flint Center was the location of the Apple Annual Shareholder's meeting on January 24, 1984.  

Clad in a suit jacket and bow tie (pre-black turtleneck), a young Steve Jobs unveiled the Macintosh for the first time.  The computer was in a bag, was plugged in to demonstrate the variety of programs developed, and then talked (early MacSpeak).  People went bananas (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B-XwPjn9YY" target="_blank">see video</a>).

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/apple-steve-jobs-macintosh/the-flint-center-for-the-performing-arts/detail-2224</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 00:46:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sound city studios : neil young, tom petty, nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/neil-young-tom-petty-nirvana/sound-city-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sound City Studios was founded in 1969 by Joe Gottfried and Tom Skeeter.  It struggled financially until Gottfried purchased  "a state-of-the-art recording console from Rupert Neve, a British electronics genius who built technologically advanced audio gear: one of four in the world, a 28-input, 16-bus, 24-monitor 8028 with 1085 EQs and no automation" (from wiki).

The studio would go on to record a number of legendary artists and albums: Neil Young's <em>After the Gold Rush</em> (1970), several Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers albums, and Nirvana, <em>Nevermind</em> were all recorded at Sound City. 

In May 2011, the studio closed it's commercial services, and is now used privately.  Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) purchased the original Neve 8078 and installed it in his home studio.  In 2013, Grohl made a documentary about the location called <em>Sound City</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/neil-young-tom-petty-nirvana/sound-city-studios/detail-2223</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2014 05:13:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[holsten&#039;s : the sopranos]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-sopranos/holstens</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Site of the infamous final scene in <em>The Sopranos</em>. Parallel park across the street, order the onion rings, focus on the good&mdash;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-sopranos/holstens/detail-2222</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:30:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lansdowne theater : silver linings playbook]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/silver-linings-playbook/lansdowne-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Pat and Tiffany continue their fight from the <a href="/locations/movies/silver-linings-playbook/llanerch-diner">Llanerch</a> in front of the Lansdowne Theater on Halloween. It's actually about two and a half miles away from the diner so not really just down the street.

The theater was built in 1927 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/silver-linings-playbook/lansdowne-theater/detail-2221</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:49:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[llanerch diner : silver linings playbook]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/silver-linings-playbook/llanerch-diner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Where Pat orders the Raisin Bran and Tiffany shows how crazy she is in <em>Silver Linings Playbook</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/silver-linings-playbook/llanerch-diner/detail-2220</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:43:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[teddy roosevelt birthplace : teddy roosevelt, u.s. presidents]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/teddy-roosevelt-us-presidents/teddy-roosevelt-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The only U.S. president to be born in New York City, Theodore Roosevelt began life here on October 27, 1858.

The original Roosevelt brownstone was torn down in 1916, but has since been rebuilt to reflect the period, and is now a museum managed by the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/thrb/index.htm" target="_blank">National Park Service.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/teddy-roosevelt-us-presidents/teddy-roosevelt-birthplace/detail-2219</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:14:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[las vegas convention center : gorgeous george, muhammad ali]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/gorgeous-george-muhammad-ali/las-vegas-convention-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1961, the outlandish veteran wrestler Gorgeous George (then 46) and the up-and-coming boxer Cassius Clay (then 19) both had matches at the same venue for the same promoter.  

They were on the radio promoting their matches, and the boxer gave a half-hearted bravado for his fight.  

Gorgeous George followed up by saying: 

<em>&ldquo;I am the Gorgeous One! Not only am I the best wrestler, the most highly skilled, with the greatest technique, but I&rsquo;m also the most beautiful wrestler who ever lived! ...And if that uneducated punk somehow manages to beat me, I&rsquo;ll take the next jet to Russia! But that will never happen, because I am the greatest!&rdquo;</em>

Cassius (later Muhammad Ali) was inspired.  He realized that this was a fight that he had to see.  Later, Gorgeous George gave Ali the following advice at the convention center: 

<em>"...a lot of people will pay to see somebody shut your big mouth. So keep on bragging, keep on sassing, and always be outrageous.&rdquo;</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/gorgeous-george-muhammad-ali/las-vegas-convention-center/detail-2218</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 10:49:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[blackstone hotel : food history]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/food-history/blackstone-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1915 as a residential hotel, this building was purchased by Vienna immigrant Charles Schimmel in 1920 and turned into the Blackstone Hotel.  The luxury hotel served as a point of elegance on the Lincoln Highway, and the restaurants in the building consistently received top awards.

The Reuben sandwich was invented in at the Blackstone Hotel by Reuben Kulakofsky in 1925 (as far as one popular version of the story goes).  In addition, butter brickle ice cream was invented and served at the Blackstone as well.

The location is now the Blackstone Center with a number of different shops and restaurants.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/food-history/blackstone-hotel/detail-2217</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2014 21:06:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[frank murphy&#039;s store (former) : gordon parks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/gordon-parks/frank-murphys-store-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The American photographer, musician, writer and film director, Gordon Parks, got his photographic career started when he walked into Frank Murphy's department store and asked if they needed a photographer.

Although Frank Murphy turned him down, Mrs. Murphy overheard the conversation and decided to give Gordon Parks a chance.  After a stilted start (he accidentally shot all the photos with double exposure), his photographs were a success and featured throughout the store.  

His career began shortly after, and Parks later became a photographer for the Farm Security Administration, the Civilian Conservation Corps, Life magazine and several other publications.  In 1971, he directed the film <em>Shaft</em>.  

Today, the location is a restaurant called Pazzaluna.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/gordon-parks/frank-murphys-store-former/detail-2216</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:31:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[brain telecommunication ltd. : hackers, computer viruses]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/hackers-computer-viruses/brain-telecommunication-ltd</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1986, brothers Basit Farooq Alvi and Amjad Farooq Alvi created the Brain virus, considered to be the first virus for MS-DOS.

Based out of Lahore, Pakistan, the brothers were trying to protect their medical software from piracy.  Users would receive the message:

<em>"Welcome to the Dungeon &copy; 1986 Brain &amp; Amjads (pvt). BRAIN COMPUTER SERVICES 730 NIZAM BLOCK ALLAMA IQBAL TOWN LAHORE-PAKISTAN PHONE: 430791,443248,280530. Beware of this VIRUS.... Contact us for vaccination..."</em>

Today, the brothers have a company named <a href="http://www.brain.net.pk/" target="_blank">Brain Telecommunications Ltd</a> and provide a variety of computer-related services.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/hackers-computer-viruses/brain-telecommunication-ltd/detail-2215</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:51:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eternal valley memorial park : gene vincent]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/gene-vincent/eternal-valley-memorial-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Early rock and roll pioneer Gene Vincent died from a ruptured stomach lining on October 12, 1971 at the age of 36.  He was interred at this cemetery shortly thereafter.

Gene Vincent lived a storied life, with adventures including being in <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/rowden-hill">the car crash that killed Eddie Cochran</a>, shooting at Gary Glitter in a German hotel room, and playing with the Beatles at Shea Stadium.

The writer of "Be-Bop-A-Lula", Gene Vincent is in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/gene-vincent/eternal-valley-memorial-park/detail-2214</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:09:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the &quot;juicy&quot; house : the notorious b.i.g.]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-notorious-big/the-juicy-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Japanese architect Setsuo Ito designed the seven-bedroom, six-bathroom house featured in The Notorious B.I.G.'s video for "Juicy," the first single from Biggie's debut album <em>Ready to Die</em>. The house, known as the "Island In The Sky," was built on the highest point in the Hamptons and sports a rooftop pool and glass pyramid poolhouse perfect for parties with a hundred of your closest friends. 

In 2012 it was on the market for $11 million. 

...and if you don't know, now you know.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-notorious-big/the-juicy-house/detail-2213</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:18:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wee jerusalem : mad max (1979)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/mad-max-1979/wee-jerusalem</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Toecutter and his biker crew terrorize the small town of Wee Jerusalem while retrieving Nightrider's body from the train station in <em>Mad Max</em>. These scenes were shot on Fraser Street in Clunes in Victoria, Australia. Clunes was the location of the first gold rush in Victoria after gold was discovered there in 1951. It has since reinvented itself as a booktown with used bookstores, antique shops and an annual book collectors festival.

<em>Mad Max</em> was only the second movie for future real-life mad man Mel Gibson. The film cost an estimated $400,000 to shoot but grossed over $100 million worldwide making it the Guinness World Record holder for over 20 years for the highest profit-to-cost ratio of a motion picture. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/mad-max-1979/wee-jerusalem/detail-2212</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2014 19:15:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[1400 smith street : enron: the smartest guys in the room]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/enron-the-smartest-guys-in-the-room/1400-smith-street</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This 50 floor, 691 ft (211 m) tall skyscraper is the former headquarters of the energy company, Enron.

Before Enron collapsed, they purchased the building across the street, connected to 1400 Smith Street by a circular skywalk, primarily made of the tears of pensioners and retirees who lost their savings to the rat bastards.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/enron-the-smartest-guys-in-the-room/1400-smith-street/detail-2211</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:42:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sigmund freud&#039;s birthplace : sigmund freud]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/sigmund-freud/sigmund-freuds-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The father of modern psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (n&eacute;e Sigismund Schlomo Freud) was born in this house on May 6, 1856.  

At that time, the young family was struggling financially and were living in a rented room in a locksmith's house.  Today, the location is the <a href="http://www.freudmuseum.cz/" target="_blank">Sigmund Freud Museum</a> and is open for tours.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/sigmund-freud/sigmund-freuds-birthplace/detail-2210</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:02:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jack&#039;s music shoppe : chasing amy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/chasing-amy/jacks-music-shoppe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Holden and Hooper X have a conversation about Alyssa in Kevin Smith's <em>Chasing Amy</em> while shopping for records at Jack's Music Shoppe in Red Bank. Banky and Holden live and work in the third floor apartment above the store.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/chasing-amy/jacks-music-shoppe/detail-2209</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2014 19:16:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[marina diner (closed) : chasing amy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/chasing-amy/marina-diner-closed</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In <em>Chasing Amy</em>, Alyssa buys the Dyksiezski painting for Holden off the wall at the The Marina Diner (now closed) in New Jersey. Apparently the artwork is now hanging at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/kevin-smith/jay-and-silent-bobs-secret-stash">Jay and Silent Bob&rsquo;s Secret Stash</a>.

The Marina Diner is also where Holden meets with Jay and Silent Bob near the end of the movie. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/chasing-amy/marina-diner-closed/detail-2208</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2014 19:20:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the mercer hotel : russell crowe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/russell-crowe/the-mercer-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In June of 2005, Russell Crowe came down from his suite at the Mercer Hotel to complain that his phone was unable to call Australia.  Words were exchanged with the hotel employee, and Crowe threw the phone.  The employee claims it hit him in the face; Crowe said it was thrown against the wall. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/russell-crowe/the-mercer-hotel/detail-2207</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2014 00:02:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[beethoven house : beethoven]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/beethoven/beethoven-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven was born in this house on December 16, 1770.  

Today, it's the home to the Beethoven House museum.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/beethoven/beethoven-house/detail-2206</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:47:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[murphy&#039;s restaurant : rectify]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/rectify/murphys-restaurant</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Griffin, just south of Atlanta, is the stand-in for Paulie, Georgia, the fictional small town in the Sundance Channel's <em>Rectify</em> where Daniel Holden returns to live after nineteen years on death row. 

The small diner Murphy's Restaurant, located in a strip mall on W Taylor street, pops up several times during the first season's short six episode run.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/rectify/murphys-restaurant/detail-2205</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2014 19:25:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tabernacle baptist church : buddy holly]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/tabernacle-baptist-church</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Buddy Holly was a member of <a href="http://hollowverse.com/buddy-holly/" target="_blank">this congregation</a>, and many of the significant moments of his life happened at this location. 

He was baptized here, had his wedding to Maria Elena Santiago here, and his funeral was held here on February 7, 1959 at 2 pm.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/tabernacle-baptist-church/detail-2204</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2014 06:34:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hutchinson junior high school : buddy holly]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/hutchinson-junior-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1952, Buddy Holly met Bob Montgomery when they both attended this junior high.  Forming the duo "Buddy & Bob", the two played bluegrass-influenced performances and quickly became a local act at local clubs and high school talent shows.

Although they parted ways professionally in 1956 when Holly formed the Crickets, Bob Montgomery went on as a songwriter.  He wrote the song "Back in Baby's Arms" for Patsy Cline.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/hutchinson-junior-high-school/detail-2203</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:14:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[buddy holly birthplace : buddy holly]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/buddy-holly-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Charles Hardin Holley (later Buddy Holly) was born at home at this address on Sept. 8, 1936.  The house was later moved (to locations unknown) and the address was an empty lot for years.

Buddy's birth announcement in the Lubbock Evening Journal paper was filled with errors:

<em>"A daughter weighing 8 and 1/2 pounds was born at 6:10 o&rsquo;clock Monday afternoon at Clark-Key Clinic to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence O. Holley, of 1913 6th Street. Holley is associated with a tailoring establishment here."</em>

The errors:

&bull; Buddy was a son, not a daughter.

&bull; Buddy was born at home, not at a clinic.

&bull; That home was located at 1911 Sixth St.

&bull; Griggs also learned from Buddy&rsquo;s mother: &ldquo;Buddy was born at 3:30 p.m., and he weighed 61/2 pounds.&rdquo;

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/buddy-holly-birthplace/detail-2202</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:55:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[buddy holly statue : buddy holly]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/buddy-holly-statue</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Across the street from the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/buddy-holly-center">Buddy Holly Center</a> is the <a href="http://www.civiclubbock.com/walk.html" target="_blank">West Texas Hall of Fame</a> featuring "singer/songwriters, musicians, visual artists, actors, poets, producers, and entertainers" from the West Texas area.  In the center is a life-size bronze statue of Buddy Holly.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/buddy-holly-statue/detail-2201</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:30:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[buddy holly center : buddy holly]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/buddy-holly-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dedicated to the hometown hero, the <a href="http://www.mylubbock.us/departmental-websites/departments/buddy-holly-center/home" target="_blank">Buddy Holly Center</a> is a museum dedicated to the short life of the early rock-and-roll artist, as well as a contemporary art museum.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/buddy-holly-center/detail-2200</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:23:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[joan of arc&#039;s birthplace : joan of arc]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/joan-of-arc/joan-of-arcs-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jeanne d'Arc, a.k.a. Joan of Arc, was born in Domr&eacute;my at this location to Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Rom&eacute;e in 1412.

She began receiving visions to expel the English in the gardens near this location in 1424, when she was twelve years old.

Today, the birthplace is a museum.  From the <a href="http://www.meusetourism.com/en/599/pages/d/northern-france-attractions-joan-of-arc-history-joan-of-arc-museum/lorraine-tour-history-of-joan-of-arc-domremy/page/0" target="_blank">Lorraine Region</a> tourism website: 

<em>"The house where Joan of Arc was born was purchased in 1818 by the Vosges D&eacute;partement, and listed as an Historical Monument in 1840. It has been preserved and restored. Its fa&ccedil;ade is decorated with a tympanum sculpted with coats of arms from the 15th century, and a statue of Joan in armour, kneeling. Inside, you can visit four rooms: the room where she was born, Joan's bedroom, the storeroom and the brothers' room."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/joan-of-arc/joan-of-arcs-birthplace/detail-2199</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2014 22:25:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lincoln tomb : abraham lincoln]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/abraham-lincoln/lincoln-tomb</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On the day that Lincoln died on  April 15, 1865, a group of Springfield citizens began plans to build a monument for him in Oak Ridge Cemetery. 

After several shifts in location, and a botched attempt by Chicago thieves in 1876 to steal his remains, Lincoln was laid to rest in a concrete vault beneath the monument with Mary Todd and three of his four sons in 1901.

Today, it is considered good luck to rub the nose of the Lincoln bronze sculpture (made by sculptor Gutzon Borglum).
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/abraham-lincoln/lincoln-tomb/detail-2198</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 09:04:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[billy the kid&#039;s grave : billy the kid]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/billy-the-kid/billy-the-kids-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Legendary outlaw William "Billy the Kid" Bonney (birth name: Henry McCarty) was buried in the Old Fort Sumner cemetery after he was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett in 1881.  

The tombstone is surrounded in a cage since it's been stolen three times.  The placement is a guess, since the original wooden marker washed away in a flood.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/billy-the-kid/billy-the-kids-grave/detail-2197</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 08:48:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[les invalides : napoleon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/napoleon/les-invalides</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Les Invalides, or more officially known as L'H&ocirc;tel national des Invalides (French for "The National Residence of the Invalids"), is a series of museums and crypts dedicated to French military history.  

Under the central dome of the structure is the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769&ndash;1821), whose remains were repatriated here in 1840, and then placed in their present tomb (made of red quartzite and resting on a green granite base) in 1861.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/napoleon/les-invalides/detail-2195</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 21:49:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[buddy holly&#039;s grave : buddy holly]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/buddy-hollys-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After the plane crash in Iowa, Buddy Holly was buried in the City of Lubbock Cemetery.  Born Charles Hardin Holley, Buddy's last name is spelled "Holley" on the marker.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/buddy-hollys-grave/detail-2193</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:40:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[north by northwest cropduster scene : north by northwest, alfred hitchcock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/north-by-northwest-alfred-hitchcock/north-by-northwest-cropduster-scene</link>
				<description><![CDATA[North by northwest of Bakersfield, CA (and east of the town of Delano), is the filming location for the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jETt9GQj6fs" target="_blank">cropduster scene</a> from <em>North by Northwest</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/north-by-northwest-alfred-hitchcock/north-by-northwest-cropduster-scene/detail-2191</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:22:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[apollo 1 fire : space exploration]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/space-exploration/apollo-1-fire</link>
				<description><![CDATA[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:

    <em>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.</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/space-exploration/apollo-1-fire/detail-2190</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:56:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[calliope studios : de la soul, a tribe called quest]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/de-la-soul-a-tribe-called-quest/calliope-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[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 <em>3 Feet High and Rising</em> here in 1989.  A Tribe Called Quest recorded <em> People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm</em> here in 1990.  Other albums produced at Calliope include the 3rd Bass album <em> Derelicts Of Dialect</em> (1991), Dee-Lite's <em>World Clique</em> (1990) and Black Sheep's <em>A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing</em> (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: <a href="http://archive.today/EXPF#selection-545.1254-545.1457" target="_blank">frank151.org</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/de-la-soul-a-tribe-called-quest/calliope-studios/detail-2189</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2014 11:23:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rza&#039;s pad : wu-tang clan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/wu-tang-clan/rzas-pad</link>
				<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/wu-tang-clan/rzas-pad/detail-2188</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:20:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[matt&#039;s bar : man vs. food, food wars]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/man-vs-food-food-wars/matts-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[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 <em>Man vs Food</em> and <em>Food Wars</em>.

On June 26, 2014, President Obama visited Matt's to try the Jucy.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/man-vs-food-food-wars/matts-bar/detail-2187</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:17:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the terrarium : the jayhawks, golden smog]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-jayhawks-golden-smog/the-terrarium</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This recording studio in the Northeast neighborhood of Minneapolis has recorded several local and national acts for the past twenty years.

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

Local punk legends Dillinger Four (<em>Civil War</em>) and The Soviettes (<em>LP II</em> and <em>LP III</em>) put down tracks here, as well as diverse artists like The Okee Dokee Brothers, Nashville Pussy, and Beck. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-jayhawks-golden-smog/the-terrarium/detail-2186</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:50:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[greystone mansion : eraserhead, the big lebowski, there will be blood]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/eraserhead-the-big-lebowski-there-will-be-blood/greystone-mansion</link>
				<description><![CDATA[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 <em>Eraserhead</em> at this location, as were scenes from the Coen Bros. fllm <em>The Big Lebowski</em>.  

P.T. Anderson refurbished the bowling alley in the basement for the climax of the film <em>There Will Be Blood</em>.  Interestingly, the film was a fictionalized version of Upton Sinclair's book <em>Oil!</em>, which is based on the life of the oil tycoon (Edward L. Doheny) who built the property.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/eraserhead-the-big-lebowski-there-will-be-blood/greystone-mansion/detail-2185</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2014 10:38:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cole rehearsal studios (closed) : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/cole-rehearsal-studios-closed</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After the release of <em>Paul's Boutique</em>, 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 <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/g-son-studios">G-Son Studios</a>.

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 <em>Paul's Boutique</em>, 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 <em>Check Your Head</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/cole-rehearsal-studios-closed/detail-2184</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:36:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[evans city cemetery : night of the living dead (1968)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/night-of-the-living-dead-1968/evans-city-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The opening scenes in the graveyard at the beginning of <em>Night of the Living Dead</em>, 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 <em>Night of the Living Dead</em> in EDCO Park.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/night-of-the-living-dead-1968/evans-city-cemetery/detail-2183</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:13:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the golden girls house : the golden girls]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-golden-girls/the-golden-girls-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Just north of Sunset Blvd in LA is the house that served as the exterior for the 80s sitcom <em>The Golden Girls</em> (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.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiQzUEc_FmI" target="_blank">"Thank you for being a friend..."</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-golden-girls/the-golden-girls-house/detail-2182</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:10:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chess records studio : howlin&#039; wolf, muddy waters, willie dixon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/howlin-wolf-muddy-waters-willie-dixon/chess-records-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Chess Records was formed by two Polish immigrant brothers, Leonard and Phil Chess, in 1950.  They moved to this location in 1956 and stayed here until 1965.

During that time, they recorded many influential blues and early rock and roll songs.  Some of the artists that recorded here include Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin&rsquo; Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson and Willie Dixon.  Chuck Berry recorded "Johnny B. Goode" here.  The Rolling Stones recorded "2120 South Michigan Ave" here on their American tour in 1964.

Chess Records moved a couple of times before being consumed by another subsidiary in 1975.  Since then, the building has been purchased and is the headquarters of <a href="http://bluesheaven.com/the-mission/" target="_blank">Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/howlin-wolf-muddy-waters-willie-dixon/chess-records-studio/detail-2181</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 03:34:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[electric lady studios : jimi hendrix, led zeppelin, weezer]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix-led-zeppelin-weezer/electric-lady-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Jimi Hendrix saw how much it cost to rent studio time for <em>Electric Ladyland</em>, he and his manager Michael Jeffrery decided to turn the Generation Club they had recently invested in into a studio.  After several construction upgrades and expenses, Electric Lady Studios had their opening party on August 26, 1970.

Although Jimi Hendrix only recorded there for four weeks before he died, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albums_recorded_at_Electric_Lady_Studios" target="_blank">numerous landmark albums</a> have been recorded there since: Led Zeppelin&rsquo;s <em>Houses of the Holy </em>(1973) and <em>Physical Graffiti </em>(1975), The Clash&rsquo;s <em>Combat Rock</em> (1982), Weezer's first two albums, Run-DMC's <em>Tougher than Leather</em> (1988) and the White Stripes&rsquo; <em>De Stijl</em> (2000) are just some of the more noteworthy creations.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix-led-zeppelin-weezer/electric-lady-studios/detail-2180</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:57:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;this is water&quot; speech : david foster wallace]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/david-foster-wallace/this-is-water-speech</link>
				<description><![CDATA[For the commencement speech to the graduating class of 2005, writer David Foster Wallace delivered a speech on education as a tool for consciousness, empathy and compassion.  

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI" target="_blank">The speech at the Bailey House</a> was later turned into a 144-page book published by Little, Brown.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/david-foster-wallace/this-is-water-speech/detail-2179</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:27:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chase auditorium : wait, wait...don&#039;t tell me!]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/wait-waitdont-tell-me/chase-auditorium</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The NPR news quiz game <em>Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!</em> has been taping at this auditorium on Thursday evenings since 2005.

The show, hosted by Peter Sagal since shortly after it's introduction in 1998, features a rotating cast of comedic panelists, and often travels the country to tape in other cities.  To get tickets at the Chase for <em>Wait, Wait</em>, visit the <a href="http://www.wbez.org/content/wait-wait-dont-tell-me-schedule-faquiz" target="_blank">WBEZ website</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/radio/wait-waitdont-tell-me/chase-auditorium/detail-2177</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:27:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[norman petty recording studio : buddy holly]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/norman-petty-recording-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Norman Petty, along with his wife Vi and guitarist Jack Vaughn, hit it big in 1956 with the tune <a href="http://www.superoldies.com/pettystudios/" target="_blank">"Mood Indigo."</a>  The single sold half a million copies, and he used part of the proceeds to build this studio.

Petty went on to record numerous artists at the studio:  Roy Orbison, Buddy Knox, Waylon Jennings, Charlie "Sugartime" Phillips, Sonny West, Carolyn Hester, Terry Noland and Buddy Holly.

Several of Buddy Holly's most famous tracks were recorded at this studio, and Petty served not only as the recording engineer, but also as Holly's manager, and ultimately the executor of Holly's unfinished work after he died unexpectedly <a href="http://www.popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly-ritchie-valens-big-bopper/clear-lake-plane-crash">in a plane crash</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly/norman-petty-recording-studio/detail-2176</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[vcr tune-up shop : r.i.p.d. (2013)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ripd-2013/vcr-tune-up-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Normally Sulgrave News, this convenience shop was dressed as a VCR repair shop for the cartoonish film <em>R.I.P.D.</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ripd-2013/vcr-tune-up-shop/detail-2175</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:38:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[philo farnsworth&#039;s laboratory : television]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/television/philo-farnsworths-laboratory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Philo Fransworth, the inventor of the all-electronic television, first demonstrated television at his laboratory at this address in 1927.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/television/philo-farnsworths-laboratory/detail-2174</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2014 05:59:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bron-yr-aur : led zeppelin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/led-zeppelin/bron-yr-aur</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Translated from Welsh, Bron-Yr-Aur is "Hill of Gold" or "Breast of Gold," and is the name of this cottage that was used by Robert Plant's family since the 1950s.

In 1970, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page spent time recuperating here after a grueling North American tour.  Along with Plant's wife and daughter, Page's girlfriend Charlotte Martin, and Led Zeppelin roadies Clive Coulson and Sandy MacGregor were also present.

As Page recalls: 

<em>"Robert (Plant) and I went to Bron-Yr-Aur in 1970. We'd been working solidly right up to that point. Even recordings were done on the road. We had this time off and Robert suggested the cottage. I certainly hadn't been to that area of Wales. So we took our guitars down there and played a few bits and pieces. This wonderful countryside, panoramic views and having the guitars ... it was just an automatic thing to be playing. And we started writing."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/led-zeppelin/bron-yr-aur/detail-2173</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2014 04:51:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[headley grange : led zeppelin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/led-zeppelin/headley-grange</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1795,  this three-story structure was originally a workhouse  for the poor, infirm and orphaned.  In 1870, it was converted to a private residence and renamed Headley Grange.

Led Zeppelin composed and recorded many tracks on the albums <em>Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV, Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti</em> at this location.

Robert Plant wrote the lyrics for "Stairway to Heaven" in one day at Headley Grange.  The song "Black Dog" was named after a black Labrador Retriever that was hanging around the building at the time. 

The drum track to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=TDLfDzeDG2c" target="_blank">"When the Levee Breaks"</a> was recorded in the stairwell of the facility.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/led-zeppelin/headley-grange/detail-2172</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2014 10:41:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[new york city criminal court  : night court, law and order]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/night-court-law-and-order/new-york-city-criminal-court</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This court in Manhattan handles more than 100,000 arrests a year, and averages about 70 to 90 cases during the 5 pm-1 am night shift.

Operating since 1967, the court has been an inspiration for the tv series <em>Night Court</em> and various scenes from <em>Law & Order</em>.

Interestingly, the court has become something of a bizarre tourist attraction, and was even listed in a Lonely Planet guide as a destination.

Notwithstanding recent arraignments of celebrities like rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs and French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn, there is a compelling interest in the American judicial system that underpins much of the tourism.  And the obvious hope to see Bull Shannon lay down the law.

Source: <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/nyc-night-court-becomes-must-see-tourist-stop-0" target="_blank">AP</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/night-court-law-and-order/new-york-city-criminal-court/detail-2171</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 10:44:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tiny naylor&#039;s (former) : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/tiny-naylors-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The photo on the cover of the Beastie Boys album <em>Ill Communication</em> was shot by acclaimed photographer Bruce Davidson at Tiny Naylor's on the corner of Sunset and La Brea in 1964. It was originally part of a set of photos intended for <em>Esquire</em> magazine that were never published. 

The drive-in restaurant, an example of California's futurist Googie architecture, was opened by the 6'4" 320 lbs. W.W. Naylor in the 1950s. It closed in the '80s and was torn down to make way for a strip mall after a proposal failed that would have designated it as a cultural landmark.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/tiny-naylors-former/detail-2170</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 19:36:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[postcard row : full house]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/full-house/postcard-row</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The opening credits of the sitcom <em>Full House</em> feature the Painted Ladies on Postcard Row (pictured below). 

These picturesque homes, located at 710&ndash;720 Steiner Street across from Alamo Park, are frequently used in San Francisco montages. They were built between 1892 and 1896 and survived the San Francisco fire of 1906.

The exterior that serves as the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/full-house/tanner-house">Tanner family home</a> is on Broderick St.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/full-house/postcard-row/detail-2169</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2014 10:05:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the full house house : full house]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/full-house/the-full-house-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/full-house/the-full-house-house/detail-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fountains of wayne (former) : fountains of wayne]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/fountains-of-wayne/fountains-of-wayne-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the former location of Fountains of Wayne, the lawn ornament store in Wayne, New Jersey where the New York band got its name. It closed in 2009.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/fountains-of-wayne/fountains-of-wayne-former/detail-2167</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 19:10:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gabriel garcia marquez museum : gabriel garc&amp;iacute;a m&amp;aacute;rquez]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/gabriel-garcia-marquez/gabriel-garcia-marquez-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On March 6, 1927, Gabriel Garc&iacute;a M&aacute;rquez was born in this village in northern Colombia.  The writer grew up with his maternal grandparents here, and today his home is known as the Casa Museo (or Museum House).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/gabriel-garcia-marquez/gabriel-garcia-marquez-museum/detail-2166</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2014 01:46:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[temple israel cemetery : atmosphere]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/atmosphere/temple-israel-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The cover for the seventh studio album from Atmosphere, <em>Southsiders</em>, was shot at the SE corner of the Temple Israel Cemetery.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/atmosphere/temple-israel-cemetery/detail-2165</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 11:29:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nuovo vesuvio : the sopranos]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-sopranos/nuovo-vesuvio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Punta Dura, an Italian restaurant in Long Island City, was the stand-in for Artie Bucco's Nuovo Vesuvio throughout all six seasons of <em>The Sopranos.</em> It closed down in late 2013.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-sopranos/nuovo-vesuvio/detail-2164</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2014 19:18:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bada bing! : the sopranos]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-sopranos/bada-bing</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Interior and exterior scenes at the Bada Bing, gathering spot for Tony and his crew in <em>The Sopranos</em>, were filmed at the real-life strip club Satin Dolls on Route 17 in Lodi, New Jersey.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-sopranos/bada-bing/detail-2163</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2014 19:24:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[livia soprano&#039;s house : the sopranos]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-sopranos/livia-sopranos-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[You can find Tony Soprano's mother's house in Verona, New Jersey.

I assume that just like <a href="/locations/television/the-sopranos/the-sopranos-house">Tony's house</a> the interiors were shot on location only for the pilot episode before sets were built at Silvercup Studios to use for the remainder of the show.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-sopranos/livia-sopranos-house/detail-2162</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2014 19:24:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[franz kafka&#039;s grave : franz kafka]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/franz-kafka/franz-kafkas-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On June 3, 1924, writer Franz Kafka died of laryngeal tuberculosis in a Vienna sanatorium.  Kafka was editing "The Hunger Artist" in his bed when his throat seized up.  He was 40 years old.

Kafka was buried in the New Jewish Cemetery in Prague-Å½iÅ¾kov on June 11, 1924.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/franz-kafka/franz-kafkas-grave/detail-2161</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2014 20:56:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[google dublin (eu hq) : google]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/google/google-dublin-eu-hq</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Down in the historic docklands district of Dublin (affectionately called "Silicon Dock" by its occupants) is the EU headquarters for Google, overseeing sales and infrastructure operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/google/google-dublin-eu-hq/detail-2160</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2014 20:12:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[satriale&#039;s pork store : the sopranos]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-sopranos/satriales-pork-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the former location of Satriale's Pork Store, the fictional New Jersey butcher shop / mob hangout in <em>The Sopranos</em>. 

The building, which was not really a meat market, was torn down in 2007 shortly after the final season wrapped shooting. It's currently a parking lot.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-sopranos/satriales-pork-store/detail-2159</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2014 19:18:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rockfield studios : queen, oasis]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/queen-oasis/rockfield-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This farmhouse was converted to a recording studio in 1963 by brothers Kingsley and Charles Ward.  Since then, it has recorded numerous bands and artists, including Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," Oasis, the Pixies, and many more.

According to their information, Rockfield Studios became the first residential studio, set up so that bands could stay at the facility as they record.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/queen-oasis/rockfield-studios/detail-2158</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 19:35:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the sopranos house : the sopranos]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-sopranos/the-sopranos-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Tony Soprano's house is located in North Caldwell, New Jersey.

The pilot episode was filmed inside the house, but after the show was picked up the interiors were faithfully recreated at Silvercup Studios in Queens for the rest of <em>The Sopranos</em> six season run. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-sopranos/the-sopranos-house/detail-2157</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 19:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[googleplex : google]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/google/googleplex</link>
				<description><![CDATA[With several buildings spreading out over 26 acres, this is the location of the Google corporate campus, or the Googleplex.  First leased in 2003, Google purchased the campus in 2006.

Among the many unique facts about the Googleplex is the use of alternative energy.  There are solar panels covering the rooftops of 8 buildings and 2 solar carports, and capable of producing 1.6 megawatts of electricity.

In addition, four 100kW Bloom Energy Servers were shipped to Google in July 2008, making Google the first customer of Bloom Energy.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/google/googleplex/detail-2156</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2014 05:40:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[111 eighth avenue : google]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/google/111-eighth-avenue</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in the Art Deco style and completed in 1932, this massive structure is the third largest building (in terms of square footage/2.9 million ft&sup2;) in Manhattan- just behind 55 Water Street (3.5 million ft&sup2;) and the Met Center (3.14 million ft&sup2;).  It was formally the Port Authority headquarters and Inland Terminal Number One.

Google purchased the building in 2010, and it's currently the de facto headquarters for their east coast operations.  The square footage of this single building is larger than the entire sum of all the buildings in the 26-acre Googleplex campus in Mountain View, California.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/google/111-eighth-avenue/detail-2155</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2014 21:04:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ashfield boys high school : ac/dc]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/acdc/ashfield-boys-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Angus Young, lead guitarist for AC/DC, dropped out of this high school when he was 15.  His signature "schoolboy outfit" is modeled after an Ashfield Boys High School uniform.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/acdc/ashfield-boys-high-school/detail-2154</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2014 21:15:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the explorers club : exploration, space exploration]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/exploration-space-exploration/the-explorers-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located at this location since 1965, the Explorers Club is a group of professionals dedicated to the advancement of field research.  

Members of the group were the first explorers to the North Pole (Robert E. Peary & Matthew Henson in 1909), first to the South Pole (Roald Amundsen in 1911), first to the summit of Mt. Everest (Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay in 1953), and first to the surface of the Moon (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin & Michael Collins in 1969).

Today, the off-world colony group known as <a href="http://www.mars-one.com/" target="_blank">Mars One</a> hold regular meetings to plan for a proposed manned mission to Mars in 2025.

Source: <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2014/04/28/140428ta_talk_wiedeman" target="_blank">New Yorker</a>, April 25, 2014]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/exploration-space-exploration/the-explorers-club/detail-2153</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2014 11:21:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[36 records : wu-tang, ol&#039; dirty bastard]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/wu-tang-ol-dirty-bastard/36-records</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This studio in Hell's Kitchen, owned and operated by RZA (the Razor), is named after the Wu's debut album, <em>Enter the 36 Chambers</em>.

It's also the unfortunate location of the passing of Ol' Dirty Bastard, on November 13, 2004, from a drug overdose. 

Eskimos, submarine operators and everyone else who liked rap jams still mourn his passing.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/wu-tang-ol-dirty-bastard/36-records/detail-2152</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 10:59:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[brooks hall (closed) : computers, internet]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/computers-internet/brooks-hall-closed</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Underneath the Civic Center in San Francisco is a windowless bunker of an exhibition hall called Brooks Hall.

Currently closed and used as storage, Brooks Hall was the location of the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos" target="_blank">Mother of All Demos</a>."  

On December 9, 1968, computer warlock Douglas Engelbart gave a demonstration at the Fall Joint Computer Conference at Brooks Hall.  

For the first time in one computer system, Engelbart demonstrated almost all the fundamental elements of modern personal computing: multiple windows, hypertext, graphics, the computer mouse (which he helped invent), word processing, and several other systems. 

After about 1,000 computer scientists gave Engelbart a standing ovation, the attendees went back to their own work, now more fully aware of the new paradigm of possibilities.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/computers-internet/brooks-hall-closed/detail-2151</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2014 20:26:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[22 gia long street : fall of saigon, vietnam war]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/fall-of-saigon-vietnam-war/22-gia-long-street</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese forces entered Saigon while U.S. government forces were evacuated.  

Dutch photographer Hubert van Es, working for UPI, captured a defining image of that distinct point in the conflict, as Americans crowded the roof of this building to evacuate by helicopter.

As with the city's name (Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City), the street name was also changed to L&yacute; Tá»± Trá»ng Street, in honor of a 17-year-old communist executed by the French.  Today, the building still stands, but the roof is off-limits. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/fall-of-saigon-vietnam-war/22-gia-long-street/detail-2149</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 20:38:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[convent of the barefoot trinitarians : miguel de cervantes, don quixote]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/miguel-de-cervantes-don-quixote/convent-of-the-barefoot-trinitarians</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Author of <em>Don Quixote</em> and founder of the modern novel format, Miguel de Cervantes worked as an errand-runner for this convent after they paid his ransom to the pirates that had kidnapped him.

After he died penniless at the age of 69, Cervantes was buried in this small church.  Today, his remains are being excavated by Spanish forensic anthropologist Francisco Etxeberria, who participated in the autopsies of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and former Chilean president Salvador Allende.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/miguel-de-cervantes-don-quixote/convent-of-the-barefoot-trinitarians/detail-2148</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:02:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[green-wood cemetery : american revolution]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution/green-wood-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Inside this cemetery (established in 1825) is Battle Hill, the highest natural point in Brooklyn (220 ft tall) and a pivotal spot during the largest battle of the American Revolution- the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776.

The cemetery itself contains the final resting place for many famous and infamous Americans: composer Leonard Bernstein, inventor Samuel F.B. Morse, political operative Boss Tweed, and notorious thug Bill the Butcher (dramatized in Scorsese's <em>Gangs of New York</em>).

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution/green-wood-cemetery/detail-2146</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:40:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gammage memorial auditorium : frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/gammage-memorial-auditorium</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium on the Arizona State University campus is considered to be the last public commission from architect Frank Lloyd Wright.  The building was finished in 1964, and it was entered to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.  

From the back of this post card:

<em>This last large design of Frank Lloyd Wright produced a fine arts center which commands notice from the world.  Completely circular in design, with two-level pedestrian bridges extending two hundred feet from either side, this magnificent view illustrates the success of the designer's hope that the structure would seem to say "Welcome to Arizona".</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/gammage-memorial-auditorium/detail-2145</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 01:20:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gus fring&#039;s laundry : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/gus-frings-laundry</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Here is the location of Gus Fring's laundry service (Lavander&iacute;a Brillante) which sits on top of Walt and Jesse's meth super lab in seasons 3 and 4 of <em>Breaking Bad</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/gus-frings-laundry/detail-2144</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2014 20:10:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[target starbucks : diablo cody, juno]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/diablo-cody-juno/target-starbucks</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Diablo Cody reportedly wrote the award-winning screenplay for <em>Juno</em> over the course of several weeks while on her laptop at the fertile land of imagination that is the Starbucks in this Target in Crystal, MN. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/diablo-cody-juno/target-starbucks/detail-2143</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2014 20:06:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[exxon valdez oil spill : environmental disasters, green movement]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/environmental-disasters-green-movement/exxon-valdez-oil-spill</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On March 24, 1989, the oil tanker <em>Exxon Valdez</em> struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef at 12:04 a.m.  In the next few days, the damaged vessel  spilled 260,000 to 750,000 barrels of crude oil into the sea and onto 1,300 miles of coastline.  At the time, it was considered to be one of the most devastating corporate-caused oil spills ever.

The <em>Valdez</em> suffered from a number of technical failures (single-walled hull for the tanker, failed radar) and human errors prior to the accident.  This included (but not limited to) the understaff and overwork of an exhausted sea crew- a practice that is still prevalent in the shipping industry today.

To combat the accumulation of crude oil on the seashore, a combination of high-pressure hoses and hot water were initially used, which cooked the microorganisms (plankton) that served as the base of the food chain in the ecosystem.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/environmental-disasters-green-movement/exxon-valdez-oil-spill/detail-2141</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 19:33:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[shakespeare&#039;s birthplace : william shakespeare]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/william-shakespeare/shakespeares-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although the specific date is unknown (most agree it was April 23, 1564 since he was baptized three days later on April 26), it is widely believed that William Shakespeare was born in this house.  He lived in it throughout his childhood and for the first five years of his marriage to Anne Hathaway.

John Shakespeare (WIlliam's father) has documented ownership of the building as early as 1552, when he was fined for leaving a pile of muck on Henley Street.  John was a wool merchant and glove maker who lived and worked out of the building with his family.

Today, the restored building has tours and an associated museum and is owned by the <a href="http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/visit-the-houses/shakespeares-birthplace.html" target="_blank">Shakespeare Birthplace Trust</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/william-shakespeare/shakespeares-birthplace/detail-2140</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:41:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[martin luther king, jr. birthplace : civil rights movement, mlk]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/civil-rights-movement-mlk/martin-luther-king-jr-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in this two-story Queen Anne style house owned by his maternal grandparents.  Located in the neighborhood known as &ldquo;Sweet Auburn," King lived here for the first twelve years of his life, while his father was pastor of the Ebeneezer Baptist Church down the street.

Today, the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/malu/index.htm" target="_blank">home has tours</a> and is managed by the National Park Service.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/civil-rights-movement-mlk/martin-luther-king-jr-birthplace/detail-2139</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:11:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[little rock central high school : civil rights movement]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/civil-rights-movement/little-rock-central-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On September 23, 1957, the Little Rock Central High School was the focal point of the nascent civil rights movement in the United States as nine African-American students tried to enter the newly integrated public school.

The site of the first implementation of the Supreme Court's decision on <em>Brown vs Board of Education</em>, the nine students met consider opposition from over 1,000 white protestors who had been drummed up by then Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus.  President Eisenhower had dispatched 1,200 members of the 101st Airborne Division to escort the students into the school.  The Little Rock Nine entered the school and made history.

The school now houses a museum dedicated to the event, and continues to function as an educational institution to this day.

Interestingly, the Little Rock Central Band and Flag Line were selected to participate in the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Parade for Barack Obama.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/civil-rights-movement/little-rock-central-high-school/detail-2138</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2014 10:58:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[san diego zoo : the beach boys, pet sounds]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beach-boys-pet-sounds/san-diego-zoo</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The cover for The Beach Boys experimental 1966 album <em>Pet Sounds</em> was shot at the San Diego Zoo.  The shot was taken by photographer George Jerman on Feb 15, 1966. 

From the liner notes:  "The photos of The Beach Boys feeding an assortment of goats was a play on the album's chosen title, <em>Pet Sounds</em>."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beach-boys-pet-sounds/san-diego-zoo/detail-2136</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:42:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cla building : gattaca ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/gattaca/cla-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exterior of Vincent Freeman's house in the 1997 film <em>Gattaca</em> is the CLA Building on the Cal Poly Pomona campus.

The building was designed by Antoine Predock in the Futurist style and completed in 1993.  Due to recent structural flaws surfacing, as well as the placement of the building on an active fault line, the building is scheduled for demolition.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/gattaca/cla-building/detail-2135</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:11:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[queensbridge houses : nas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nas/queensbridge-houses</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The photo behind a young Nas on the iconic cover of his first album <em>Illmatic</em> was taken at the Queensbridge Houses, the largest public housing project in North America, where Nas grew up in Queens, New York. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nas/queensbridge-houses/detail-2133</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2014 01:27:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[segs 3-7 (kramer junction) : gattaca ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/gattaca/segs-3-7-kramer-junction</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This solar thermal plant uses parabolic troughs to generate heat, then steam, then power.  

It was featured in the 1997 film <em>Gattaca</em> when Uma Therman and Ethan Hawke have a wildly romantic night out together and end up at a 150-megawatt solar power plant that can generate about 354 megawatts at peak output. Hot stuff.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/gattaca/segs-3-7-kramer-junction/detail-2132</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2014 22:27:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gattaca aerospace corporation  : gattaca (1997)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/gattaca-1997/gattaca-aerospace-corporation</link>
				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/gattaca-1997/gattaca-aerospace-corporation/detail-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[phil hartman&#039;s house : phil hartman]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/phil-hartman/phil-hartmans-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Phil Hartman, star of <em>Saturday Night LIve</em> and <em>NewsRadio</em>, lived at this home with his wife and two children in Encino, CA.

On the evening of May 27, 1998, Brynn Hartman (Phil's wife) had been at the Buca Di Beppo down the street.  Upon returning to the home, the couple were involved in a heated argument.  

Phil Hartman threatened to leave his wife if she continued to use drugs and alcohol, then went to sleep.  Brynn Hartman shot Phil three times at 3 a.m. with a .38 pistol.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/phil-hartman/phil-hartmans-house/detail-2130</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2014 09:04:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[john denver plane crash memorial : john denver]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/john-denver/john-denver-plane-crash-memorial</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On October 12, 1997, singer/songwriter John Denver was killed when his experimental Rutan Long-EZ plane plunged into the Pacific Ocean near Pacific Grove.  A pilot with over 2,700 hours of experience, Denver was 53 years old when he died.

On September 23, 2007, a memorial was dedicated near the location of the plane crash.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/john-denver/john-denver-plane-crash-memorial/detail-2129</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:53:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[terrific beach outlet : eastbound and down]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/eastbound-and-down/terrific-beach-outlet</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From Season 3 of <em>Eastbound and Down</em>.

Ashley Schaeffer (Will Ferrell) and the Grim Creepers (led by Craig Robinson) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEeX8vh_9Bs" target="_blank">confront Kenny Powers</a> and Stevie outside this "nautically themed gift shop" with a 100-ft great white shark edifice.

Other <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-06-17/business/0106170361_1_shark-businesses-store" target="_blank">Bob Duato creations</a> can be found here.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/eastbound-and-down/terrific-beach-outlet/detail-2127</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:07:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where the ultimate warrior died : the ultimate warrior]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/the-ultimate-warrior/where-the-ultimate-warrior-died</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Warrior (aka The Ultimate Warrior and formerly James Hellwig before he legally changed his name in 1993) collapsed on April 8, 2014 while walking with his wife in this residential-style hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital at the age of 54.

Two days prior he was at Wrestlemania 30 as he had just been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. He had only recently reconciled with Vince McMahon and the WWE, and the day before he died he made his first appearance on RAW in 18 years.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/the-ultimate-warrior/where-the-ultimate-warrior-died/detail-2126</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:18:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[baltimore psychiatric hospital : hannibal (tv series)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/hannibal-tv-series/baltimore-psychiatric-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although Will Graham and company are held in the Baltimore Psychiatric Hospital in the tv series <em>Hannibal</em>, the exteriors used for the show are the David Dunlop Observatory outside of Toronto in Richmond Hill, ON (with a fair amount of CGI added for effect).

Many interiors of the hospital are shot in the facility as well, demonstrating the beaux arts architecture.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/hannibal-tv-series/baltimore-psychiatric-hospital/detail-2124</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 10:43:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hannibal lector&#039;s house : hannibal (tv series)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/hannibal-tv-series/hannibal-lectors-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although the <em>Hannibal</em> TV series on NBC is based in Baltimore, Maryland, many of the exteriors for the show were shot in Toronto.

Hannibal Lector's charming 3-story house is actually part of St. Andrew's Church, located across from Roy Thomson Hall on Simcoe St.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/hannibal-tv-series/hannibal-lectors-house/detail-2123</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 10:30:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lenny bruce&#039;s home : lenny bruce]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/lenny-bruce/lenny-bruces-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Legendary comedian, social critic and free speech advocate Lenny Bruce lived at this home until his death here from morphine overdose on August 3, 1966. He was 40 years old.

Bruce's act had increasing challenged the limits of free speech, and he had been arrested for obscenity and banned in several cities for performing his act.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/lenny-bruce/lenny-bruces-home/detail-2121</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:50:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kavanaugh&#039;s : the wire]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/kavanaughs</link>
				<description><![CDATA[According to the real-life <em>Baltimore Sun</em>, Kavanaugh's in <em>The Wire</em> was based on the real-life cop bar Kavanaugh's that closed down some time in the late 90s. The Sidebar Tavern on Lexington was converted into Kavanaugh's for the show. 

Some trivia: Detective Cole, who's honored with an Irish wake at the bar in season three, had been played by the show's co-creator Robert Colesberry who died in real life shortly after the filming of season two. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/kavanaughs/detail-2120</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2014 21:14:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[skatopia : skatopia: 88 acres of anarchy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/skatopia-88-acres-of-anarchy/skatopia</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1995, professional skater Brewce Martin purchased (with the help of fifty friends) 88 acres of land in the Appalachian hills of Miegs county, Ohio.  

Since then, Skatopia has been an ongoing and expanding skatepark/curious social experiment that was featured as the final level in the video game <em>Tony Hawk's Underground 2</em> and in the 2011 documentary <em>Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/skatopia-88-acres-of-anarchy/skatopia/detail-2119</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2014 07:11:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[westway diner : seinfeld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/seinfeld/westway-diner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Jerry Seinfeld had a meeting at NBC and realized he had no specific ideas for a TV show, he met up with Larry David at this diner in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York.  During the meeting, the two decided to make a "show about nothing," and <em>Seinfeld</em> was born.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/seinfeld/westway-diner/detail-2118</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2014 06:54:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[marlo&#039;s park : the wire]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/marlos-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The concrete park where Marlo frequently met with his crew in the last two seasons of <em>The Wire</em> is in East Baltimore (even though it's supposed to be West) at the end of Faith Ln near the corner of Chase St. and Bond St.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/marlos-park/detail-2117</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:31:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hollywood hills coffee shop : swingers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/swingers/hollywood-hills-coffee-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, both struggling to find work in the mid-90s, hammered out the screenplay for <em>Swingers</em> during afternoons at the Hollywood Hills Coffee Shop on the bottom floor of the Best Western near the 101 freeway. The restaurant shows up at the beginning and end of the movie and also when Trent dances on the table after their night at <a href="/locations/movies/swingers/the-derby">The Derby</a>.

New owners took over the space in 2001 and the restaurant now operates as the 101 Coffee Shop.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/swingers/hollywood-hills-coffee-shop/detail-2116</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2014 19:35:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[newfoundland depot : the station agent (2003)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-station-agent-2003/newfoundland-depot</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage) inherits this abandoned train depot in Newfoundland, NJ in the 2003 film <em>The Station Agent</em>.

The indie producers had to rough up the exterior with crackle paint for the film, but the original structure from 1872 still stands.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-station-agent-2003/newfoundland-depot/detail-2115</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the derby : swingers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/swingers/the-derby</link>
				<description><![CDATA[As an homage to Scorsese, Mike, Trent and Sue get a tracking shot of their own in <em>Swingers</em> when they enter The Derby through the back entrance to see Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. 

The Derby in Los Feliz was originally a branch of the Brown Derby chain of restaurants in LA before being converted into a nightclub in 1985. It closed down in 2009. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/swingers/the-derby/detail-2114</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2014 19:32:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lynyrd skynyrd plane crash : lynyrd skynyrd ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/lynyrd-skynyrd/lynyrd-skynyrd-plane-crash</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On October 20, 1977, Lynyrd Skynyrd and their entourage were flying in a chartered Convair CV-300 when the plane ran out of fuel and crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi, near the end of its flight from Greenville, SC, to Baton Rouge, LA.

Skynyrd lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines (Steve's older sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray were all killed as a result of the crash. Twenty others survived.

The band was at their height of their popularity when the plane crashed, and many of the members who weren't killed were seriously injured.  Since 1987, remaining members of the group have formed several different reiterations of the band.

Music trivia: The band's name is a mocking tribute to their gym teacher at Robert E. Lee High School, Leonard Skinner, who had a strict policy against long hair on boys.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/lynyrd-skynyrd/lynyrd-skynyrd-plane-crash/detail-2113</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2014 05:37:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[patsy cline plane crash memorial : patsy cline]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/patsy-cline/patsy-cline-plane-crash-memorial</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On March 5, 1963, country singers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins were being flown from Kansas City, KA to Nashville, TN in a Piper PA-24 Comanche plane.  The plane was piloted by Cline's manager Randy Hughes, who was not an instrument-rated pilot and relied on visual flight rules.

The inclement weather on that night caused the plane to crash at this location, where all aboard died.  An inscribed rock on a cement slab marks the location.  Patsy Cline was 30 years old.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/patsy-cline/patsy-cline-plane-crash-memorial/detail-2112</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 06:47:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[allegheny cemetery : stephen foster]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/stephen-foster/allegheny-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Stephen Foster, songwriter of <a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~amerimus/Fostersongsalpha.htm" target="_blank">several traditional American songs</a> such as  "Oh! Susanna," "Camptown Races," "My Old Kentucky Home," and "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair," died at the North American Hotel on January 13, 1864 after a fever caused him to fall on a washbasin and shatter it with his head.

Foster is buried at the Allegheny Cemetery.  He was 37 years old when he died.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/stephen-foster/allegheny-cemetery/detail-2111</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2014 22:56:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hacienda motel : sam cooke]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/sam-cooke/hacienda-motel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On December 11, 1964, Sam Cooke ran up to the manager's office at this motel, clad only in a shoe and a sports jacket. 

Although the circumstances leading up to and after that encounter are still debated, the results were the same: Sam Cooke was fatally shot in the torso.  He was 33 years old.

Reportedly, his last words were, <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/har-mar-superstar/cheetahs">"Lady, You Shot Me."</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/sam-cooke/hacienda-motel/detail-2110</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2014 22:31:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where jonathan melvoin died : the smashing pumpkins, jonathan melvoin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-smashing-pumpkins-jonathan-melvoin/where-jonathan-melvoin-died</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On July 12, 1996, Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlain and keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin were sharing a room at the Regency Hotel on Park Ave.  They were also sharing heroin- the Pumpkins had recently done an Asian tour recently the readily available heroin in Thailand had revived addiction in both of them.  

Shortly before midnight on July 11th, both of the musicians took some heroin.  A couple of hours later, Chamberlain woke up to find Melvoin unconscious and was unable to revive him.  When the paramedics, they pronounced Melvoin DOA from an overdose.

Melvoin was a multi-instrumental talent, a graduate of Julliard who played drums in the Dickies and keyboards for Prince and the Smashing Pumpkins.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-smashing-pumpkins-jonathan-melvoin/where-jonathan-melvoin-died/detail-2109</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2014 21:23:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where shannon hoon died : blind melon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/blind-melon/where-shannon-hoon-died</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, Oct. 21, 1995, Shannon Hoon was found  dead from a heroin overdose in the Blind Melon tour bus near Kingsway Studios, where the band had recorded their second album, <em>Soup</em>, earlier that year.  He was 28 years old.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/blind-melon/where-shannon-hoon-died/detail-2108</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2014 23:58:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hartford civic center : wrestlemania, lawrence taylor]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-lawrence-taylor/hartford-civic-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On April 2, 1995, Wrestlemania XI was held at the Hartford Civic Center (now called the XL Center).

The main event of Wrestlemania 11 featured Lawrence Taylor (NFL linebacker from the NY Giants) beating Bam Bam Bigelow.  

The WWF championship saw Diesel (escorted by Pamela Anderson) defeating Shawn Michaels (with support by Sid and Jenny McCarthy).

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-lawrence-taylor/hartford-civic-center/detail-2107</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2014 21:48:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[werner&#039;s : the wire, house of cards]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire-house-of-cards/werners</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Baltimore restaurant Werner's is Tommy Carcetti's favorite location for power lunches in <em>The Wire</em>, and it's also a popular spot for political wheeling and dealing in <em>House of Cards</em>. The restaurant, which dates back to the 1950s, closed briefly in 2011 but reopened in 2012 under new ownership.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire-house-of-cards/werners/detail-2106</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hotel adlon : michael jackson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/michael-jackson/hotel-adlon</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In November of 2002, Michael Jackson dangled his infant son, Blanket, off of the balcony of his room at the Hotel Aldon, a few steps away from the historic Brandenburg Gate. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/michael-jackson/hotel-adlon/detail-2105</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:57:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[holocene : bon iver]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bon-iver/holocene</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Track 3 from the album <em>Bon Iver, Bon Iver</em>.

Justin Vernon: "Holocene is a bar in Portland, Ore., but it's also the name of a geologic era, an epoch if you will. It's a good example of how all the songs are all meant to come together as this idea that places are times and people are places and times are... people? [Laughs.] They can all be different and the same at the same time. Most of our lives feel like these epochs. That's kind of what that song's about. 'Once I knew I was not magnificent.' Our lives feel like these epochs, but really we are dust in the wind. But I think there's a significance in that insignificance that I was trying to look at in that song."

Alex Bertolucci: "It's a fun place to go dancing and hang out with your friends. They have good drinks but it can take a while to get one. The vibe is a good one. The atmosphere is OK but nothing spectacular. A fun club"]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bon-iver/holocene/detail-2104</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:14:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the hawthorne republican : nebraska (2013)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nebraska-2013/the-hawthorne-republican</link>
				<description><![CDATA[David Grant (Will Forte) goes to the office of the town newspaper, the Hawthorne Republican, in the 2013 film <em>Nebraska</em>.

The office is really home to the Plainview News, the newspaper of Plainview, NE.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nebraska-2013/the-hawthorne-republican/detail-2103</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:47:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[blinkers tavern : nebraska (2013)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nebraska-2013/blinkers-tavern</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Woody and David Grant (Bruce Dern and Will Forte) leave Sodbusters Bar to head over to Blinkers Tavern in the 2013 film <em>Nebraska</em>.

Blinkers Tavern is really Fat's Lounge, located at this address in Plainview, NE]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nebraska-2013/blinkers-tavern/detail-2102</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:36:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sodbusters bar : nebraska (2013)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nebraska-2013/sodbusters-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Woody (Bruce Dern) and David Grant (Will Forte) spend a good amount of time at Sodbusters Bar in the 2013 film <em>Nebraska</em>.

Although there is a Sodbusters Bar (located in Omaha, NE), the bar used in the film is the Keystone Bar in Plainview, NE.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nebraska-2013/sodbusters-bar/detail-2101</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:28:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lake stop resort : nebraska (2013)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nebraska-2013/lake-stop-resort</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On the south shore of Lake De Smet, off of I-90 in northern Wyoming, is the Lake Stop Resort.  

In the 2013 film <em>Nebraska</em>, 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 <a href="http://trib.com/weekender/buffalo-bar-makes-cameo-in-oscar-nominated-film/article_107f87a8-64c9-5d76-8d58-1155e0d5a5b2.html" target="_blank">local patrons</a> of the bar.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nebraska-2013/lake-stop-resort/detail-2100</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 01:50:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[john&#039;s radio and television : the wire]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/johns-radio-and-television</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Proposition Joe ran his low-key electronics repair front business out of this address on South Highland in <em>The Wire</em>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/johns-radio-and-television/detail-2099</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:37:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[oriental theater : violent femmes, the pretenders]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/violent-femmes-the-pretenders/oriental-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[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: <em>Permanent Record: The Very Best of the Violent Femmes</em> liner notes, Rhino Records

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/violent-femmes-the-pretenders/oriental-theater/detail-2098</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 23:52:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[norm&#039;s diner : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/norms-diner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[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 <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/carl-reiner-mel-brooks-i-want-sandwiches-i-want-chicken" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</a>.

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).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/norms-diner/detail-2097</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:16:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[east o street bridge : nebraska]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nebraska/east-o-street-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[David and Woody Grant (Will Forte and Bruce Dern) cross over this bridge twice in the 2013 film <em>Nebraska</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/nebraska/east-o-street-bridge/detail-2096</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:39:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[american diner : the returned]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-returned/american-diner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The American Diner makes several appearances in the French tv show <em>The Returned</em>. You can find this 50s-style diner that serves burgers, fries and shakes north of Annecy in Sillingy.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-returned/american-diner/detail-2095</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:23:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dunder mifflin : the office]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-office/dunder-mifflin</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Exterior of dunder mifflin from 'the office']]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-office/dunder-mifflin/detail-2094</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:56:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the dam : the returned]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-returned/the-dam</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Tignes Dam is featured prominently in the 2012 French horror-drama <em>The Returned</em>, although it's nearly two hours away from the area around Annecy Lake where most of the rest of the series was filmed.

It was constructed in 1952 to provide hydroelectric power to France. There is an underwater town by the dam just like in the show, except it was intentionally flooded by the artificial lake not by dam disaster. 
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-returned/the-dam/detail-2093</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:15:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nate and al&#039;s : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/nate-and-als</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry and Bob Einstein round out their day by heading over to Nate and Al's to argue about how to distribute sandwich portions in <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/bob-einstein-unusable-on-the-internet" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/nate-and-als/detail-2092</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:27:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the belfort house : the wolf of wall street]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-wolf-of-wall-street/the-belfort-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Just down the street from the Brookville Country Club, this address was Jordan Belfort's home during the years that <em>The Wolf of Wall Street</em> is based on.

The producers felt this home "wasn't as grand" as they hoped for the filming, so they got another home nearby to substitute as the exteriors used in the film.  

See the home <a href="http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/long-island-connections-in-the-wolf-of-wall-street-1.6669952" target="_blank">here</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-wolf-of-wall-street/the-belfort-house/detail-2091</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:09:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ isis headquarters : archer]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/archer/isis-headquarters</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The headquarters for the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS) is secretly located above the laundromat at this address.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/archer/isis-headquarters/detail-2090</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 00:18:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chernobyl disaster : nuclear disasters ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/nuclear-disasters/chernobyl-disaster</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus, and adjacent to the former city of Pripyat, are the radioactive remnants of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

On April 26, 1986, the #4 reactor had a catastrophic power increase that led to a series of explosions in its core. This dispersed large quantities of radioactive fuel and core materials into the atmosphere, and led to the worst nuclear disaster in history.  Chernobyl is one of only two Level 7 events (the maximum rating) on the International Nuclear Event Scale- the other is <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/history/nuclear-disasters/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant">Fukushima</a>.

While managing the crisis of the Chernobyl meltdown, the #4 reactor was quickly coated with layers of concrete to form "the sarcophagus," a physical barrier to help protect workers against radiation.  Even today, radiation levels are so high that the workers responsible for rebuilding the sarcophagus are only allowed to work five hours a day for one month before taking 15 days of rest.

Today, the area 19 miles in all directions is considered the "Chernobyl Exclusion Zone" and will not be habitable for 20,000 years.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/nuclear-disasters/chernobyl-disaster/detail-2089</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2014 22:30:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the lake pub : the returned]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-returned/the-lake-pub</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the location of The Lake Pub, the popular hangout in the French series <em>The Returned</em>. The small town where the show takes place is actually a composite of several locations in the Alps region of eastern France.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-returned/the-lake-pub/detail-2088</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2014 19:22:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[light of the way academy : true detective]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/true-detective/light-of-the-way-academy</link>
				<description><![CDATA[While investigating old cases similar to Dora Lange's Cohle comes across the Light of the Way Academy, a school that was part of Rev. Tuttle's Wellspring Program.

These scenes were filmed at an old high school and junior high in Kenner that's been closed since 1996. The building dates back to the 1920s and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/true-detective/light-of-the-way-academy/detail-2087</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:33:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant : nuclear disasters ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/nuclear-disasters/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Commissioned in 1971, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was the combined effort of General Electric (GE) and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO).  The six boiling water reactors drove electrical generators with a combined power of 4.7 GWe, making Fukushima Daiichi one of the 15 largest nuclear power stations in the world.

On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami damaged the reactor cooling systems that led to a release of radioactivity.  The plant was decommissioned after the accident.

Since April 2011, the 20-km radius around the former plant can only be approached with government supervision.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/nuclear-disasters/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant/detail-2086</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2014 22:49:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hamsterdam : the wire]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/hamsterdam</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bunny Colvin's season three quasi-legal drug zone experiment (or Hamsterdam as it was known to the hoppers and yos of West Baltimore) was located south of E North Ave between Broadway and Bond St. The vacant row houses have since been torn down.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/hamsterdam/detail-2085</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:19:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bonnet carre spillway : true detective]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/true-detective/bonnet-carre-spillway</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The burned-downed church in <em>True Detective</em> was constructed for the show near the Bonnet Carre Spillway.  The flats surrounding the levee were not easy to reach.  As the <em>True Detective</em> production designer recalls in an interview with <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2014/03/true-detective-alex-digerlando-set-design-props-interview.html" target="_blank">vulture</a>:

<em> &ldquo;You had to get to it by driving down a service road over a levee, down a mud road, and then we even had to drop down gravel to make it reachable. There was a lot of, Is this worth it?&rdquo;</em>

The result was the toxic verdant green of a watershed swamp, pocketed with light reflecting off the refineries and industrial-sized construction. 

Constructed in 1931 (and about 12 miles west of New Orleans), the Bonnet Carre Spillway allows floodwaters from the Mississippi River to flow into Lake Pontchartrain and out into the Gulf of Mexico.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/true-detective/bonnet-carre-spillway/detail-2083</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2014 06:18:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jerry&#039;s famous deli : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/jerrys-famous-deli</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld and Bob Einstein (<em>Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Super Dave, Arrested Development</em>) take a 1971 Mercedes 300SEL 6.3 to Jerry's Famous Deli for some coffee and chatting in <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/bob-einstein-unusable-on-the-internet" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/jerrys-famous-deli/detail-2081</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2014 22:24:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[skylark diner : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/skylark-diner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld and Joel Hodgson (<em>Mystery Science Theatre 3000</em>) take a 1963 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia to the Skylark Diner for profound comedic discussion in <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/joel-hodgson-a-taste-of-hell-from-on-high" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/skylark-diner/detail-2080</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2014 22:14:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[carcosa : true detective]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/true-detective/carcosa</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A deteriorating Civil War fortress in Louisiana called Fort Macomb was turned into the Yellow King's Carcosa for the season one finale of HBO's <em>True Detective</em>. 

During the war the site guarded the Chef Menteur Pass, a water route connecting the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Pontchartrain. It was decommissioned in 1871 and is currently closed to the public.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/true-detective/carcosa/detail-2079</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:36:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[factor&#039;s famous deli : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/factors-famous-deli</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld and Don Rickles drive a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado in GlenEagles Green to this deli in the show <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/don-rickles-you-ll-never-play-the-copa" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/factors-famous-deli/detail-2078</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:36:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[modrzejowska street : maus, art spiegelman]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/maus-art-spiegelman/modrzejowska-street</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Vladek Spiegelman hustles for food coupons and contraband all along Modrzejowkska Street while Poland is occupied by the Nazis in the graphic novel <em>Maus</em>.

He also witnesses the hanging of four other Jews on the street when they are arrested for dealing goods without coupons.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/maus-art-spiegelman/modrzejowska-street/detail-2077</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:03:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[spiegelman home : maus, art spiegelman]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/maus-art-spiegelman/spiegelman-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This home in the Rego Park neighborhood of Queens is where the Spiegelman family lived, and it's featured extensively throughout Art Spiegelman's interviews with his father in the classic graphic novel, <em>Maus</em> (Pantheon Books/winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/maus-art-spiegelman/spiegelman-home/detail-2076</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:54:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the high rises : the wire]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/the-high-rises</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Franklin Terrace, <em>The Wire's</em> premier drug spot (before it was demolished at the beginning of season three), was based on former Baltimore housing projects like Lexington Terrace and Murphy Homes. 

The high rises in the show are located near the <a href="/locations/television/the-wire/the-low-rises">the pit</a>. The police crew did their surveillance from the rooftop of the United Methodist church across the street.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/the-high-rises/detail-2075</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:18:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[everyman espresso : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/everyman-espresso</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld and Todd Barry round out their day with some coffee at Everyman Espresso in <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/todd-barry-so-youre-mellow-and-tense" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/everyman-espresso/detail-2074</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2014 07:20:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nathan&#039;s famous : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/nathans-famous</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld and Todd Barry head down to Coney Island in a 1966 MGB Roadster (in Tartan Red) for some coffee in <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/todd-barry-so-youre-mellow-and-tense" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/nathans-famous/detail-2073</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2014 07:03:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the malibu kitchen : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/the-malibu-kitchen</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld and Michael Richards take a 1962 Volkswagon Bus/truck to Sugar Ray Leonard's house, than The Malibu Kitchen in arguably the best episode of <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/michael-richards-its-bubbly-time-jerry" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/the-malibu-kitchen/detail-2072</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2014 06:48:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[millie&#039;s cafe : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/millies-cafe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld and Sarah Silverman take a 1969 Jaguar E-Type Series 2 to the Millie's in Silver Lake in the second season of the series <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/sarah-silverman-i-m-going-to-change-your-life-forever" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/millies-cafe/detail-2071</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2014 06:25:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[roebling tea room : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/roebling-tea-room</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld picks up Seth Meyers in a 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS and they head to the Roebling Tea Room in <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/seth-meyers-really" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/roebling-tea-room/detail-2070</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2014 22:48:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jones coffee : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld, jay leno]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld-jay-leno/jones-coffee</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno take a 1949 Porsche 356/2 to Jones Coffee in <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/jay-leno-comedy-is-a-concealed-weapon" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld-jay-leno/jones-coffee/detail-2069</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:20:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rae&#039;s restaurant : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld, brian regan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld-brian-regan/raes-restaurant</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Brian Regan and Jerry Seinfeld take a 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A  and spend the day giggling and getting coffee at Rae's Restaurant in the Crackle series <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/brian-regan-a-monkey-and-a-lava-lamp" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld-brian-regan/raes-restaurant/detail-2068</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:00:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[allendale eats : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld, chris rock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld-chris-rock/allendale-eats</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock take an orange Lamborghini P400S Miura to Allendale Eats for some coffee in the Crackle series <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/chris-rock-kids-need-bullying" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld-chris-rock/allendale-eats/detail-2067</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:51:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[major crimes unit hq : the wire]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/major-crimes-unit-hq</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In season two of <em>The Wire</em> Daniels and his crew start running their investigations out of a small building on this dead-end road not far from the marine terminals in Southeast Baltimore.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/major-crimes-unit-hq/detail-2066</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2014 20:27:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[floridita : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld, tiny fey]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld-tiny-fey/floridita</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld picks up Tina Fey in a 1967 Volvo and they head to this Cuban restaurant in Harlem for some awkward conversation in the Crackle series <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/tina-fey-feces-are-my-purview" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld-tiny-fey/floridita/detail-2065</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2014 22:44:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[clement st. cafe : the wire]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/clement-st-cafe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the former location of the Clement Street Cafe, the favorite bar of the Baltimore dockworkers in season 2 of <em>The Wire</em>. The building was converted into custom town homes sometime after filming.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/clement-st-cafe/detail-2063</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2014 22:34:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[g&amp;ouml;bekli tepe : neolithic sites, archaeology]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/neolithic-sites-archaeology/gobekli-tepe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the Anatolia region of SE Turkey, this archaeological site is one of the earliest examples of human construction.  

The site is a tell (or a mound created from years of human occupation to form a cone truncated with a flat top) that is 49 ft/15 m tall and 984 ft/300 m in diameter.  The excavation revealed several rooms and more than 200 massive pillars in 20 different circles, many with ornate carvings.

What boggles the mind about G&ouml;bekli Tepe was that it was constructed before the development of agriculture- an estimated 10,000 years BCE.  To put that in context, the Pyramids of Giza started construction in 2584 BC.

The neolithic people who constructed this site were hunter-gatherers that used flint-knapped tools to scrape and chisel the construction. As a National Geographic writer put it in an article called <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2011/06/gobekli-tepe/mann-text" target="_blank">"The Birth of Religion"</a>:

<em>Discovering that hunter-gatherers had constructed G&ouml;bekli Tepe was like finding that someone had built a 747 in a basement with an X-Acto knife.</em>

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/neolithic-sites-archaeology/gobekli-tepe/detail-2062</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:54:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[maine geneneral hospital : stephen king]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/stephen-king/maine-geneneral-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The American writer Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947 at the Maine General Hospital in Portland, ME.  

Today, the hospital is called the Maine Medical Center, and contains the Barbara Bush Children&rsquo;s Hospital (named after the former First Lady).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/stephen-king/maine-geneneral-hospital/detail-2061</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:21:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bel-aire diner : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld, howard stern]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld-howard-stern/bel-aire-diner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld picks up Howard Stern in an orange 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge (370-hp Ram Air IV with a high-flow exhaust, cylinder heads, intake and a Rochester Quadrajet four-barrel carburetor) and they head over to the Bel-Aire Diner in the Crackle series <a href="http://www.crackle.com/c/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</a>.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld-howard-stern/bel-aire-diner/detail-2060</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:08:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the greek&#039;s diner : the wire]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/the-greeks-diner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In season 2 of <em>The Wire</em> the Greek held his meetings in a tiny diner called Little Johnny's. The restaurant is no longer open, but you can find the building on South Clinton St. by the docks.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/the-greeks-diner/detail-2059</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:37:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[xavier&#039;s x20 : no reservations, anthony bourdain, bill murray]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/no-reservations-anthony-bourdain-bill-murray/xaviers-x20</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Anthony Bourdain has a lovely sit-down meal with Bill Murray at Xavier's X20 on the Hudson River in the sixth season (episode #86) of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUgmKxMy0jY" target="_blank">No Reservations</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/no-reservations-anthony-bourdain-bill-murray/xaviers-x20/detail-2058</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 08:21:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[john o&#039;groats : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld, larry david]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld-larry-david/john-ogroats</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David venture out to John O'Groats in a 1952 Volkswagon Bug in the Crackle series <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/larry-david-larry-eats-a-pancake" target="_blank">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld-larry-david/john-ogroats/detail-2057</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 08:02:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[city island diner : comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/city-island-diner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld and Ricky Gervais travel out to City Island in the Bronx via an ice blue Austin-Healy 3000 in the Crackle series <a href="http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/ricky-gervais-mad-man-in-a-death-machine">Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-jerry-seinfeld/city-island-diner/detail-2056</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 07:48:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cit&amp;eacute; de carcassonne : cathars, crusaders]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/cathars-crusaders/cite-de-carcassonne</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Cit&eacute; de Carcassonne is a medieval citadel located in the French city of Carcassonne, on a hill on the overlooking the River Aude.  The town has about 2,500 years of history and has seen the Romans, Visigoths, Saracens and Crusaders.  

In the early years of the 13th century, a sect of Christians called the Cathars had risen to prominence in the area.  The Cathars believed in a dualistic theism, where the good god (God) created all that was spiritual and a bad god (Satan) created all that was material.

The Cathars managed to upset the Roman Catholic establishment to the point where they fled to and were laid siege upon in this fortress.  For a year, local Catholics and Cathars fought against the siege of Arnaud-Amaury.  

When asked how to distinguish Cathars from Catholics at the besieged town of B&eacute;ziers, Arnaud replied <em>"Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius"</em> or <em>"Slay them. God knows his own."</em> This statement is often remembered as <em>"Kill them all and let God sort them out."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/cathars-crusaders/cite-de-carcassonne/detail-2054</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2014 23:48:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dolby theatre : academy awards, oscars]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/academy-awards-oscars/dolby-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Since 2002, the Academy Awards have been held annually at this venue.  Constructed in 2001 as the Kodak Theatre, the facility briefly changed its name to the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre after Kodak filed for bankruptcy. The theatre was renamed Dolby Theatre in 2012 with a 20-year deal with Dolby Laboratories. You can learn all about the other corporations that support Hollywood by watching the 2 hours of commercials during the award ceremony.

The theater has one of the largest stages in the world at 13 ft (34 m) wide and 60 ft (18 m) deep.  It was designed by David Rockwell, a NY-based architect and stage designer.  Notably, his group also did the interior work in the jetBlue terminal at JFK International Airport.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/academy-awards-oscars/dolby-theatre/detail-2053</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2014 20:09:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[carlton c. tomkins funeral services : the wire]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/carlton-c-tomkins-funeral-services</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Carlton C. Tomkins funeral home (real name: Carlton C. <em>Douglass</em> Funeral Services) became the front for Avon's drug business after <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/orlandos">Orlando's</a> got busted at the end of season 1 of <em>The Wire</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/carlton-c-tomkins-funeral-services/detail-2052</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:22:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[orlando&#039;s : the wire]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/orlandos</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Orlando's gentlemen's club, the front business for Avon Barksdale's drug enterprise in the first season of <em>The Wire</em>, was located on South Broadway. The scenes were filmed at real-life strip club Ritz Cabaret. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/orlandos/detail-2051</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:58:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the low rises : the wire]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/the-low-rises</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is McCulloh Homes, West Baltimore's housing projects where D'Angelo manages the low-level dope dealers in season 1 of <em>The Wire</em>. The courtyard (AKA "the pit") with the orange couch was in the southernmost group of buildings, and right across Preston is the rooftop where the police crew kept watch on the hoppers.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-wire/the-low-rises/detail-2050</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:23:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[k. west : david bowie, ziggy stardust]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/david-bowie-ziggy-stardust/k-west</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The album cover photo for David Bowie's 1972 sci-fi rock opera <em>The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars</em> was taken outside the furrier K. West formerly located here at 23 Heddon Street in London.

A commemorative plaque currently marks the exact spot. The iconic original K. West sign was stolen by a fan sometime in 1982, but it was recovered for a David Bowie art exhibition in 2012. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/david-bowie-ziggy-stardust/k-west/detail-2048</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:09:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the barracks : lost]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/the-barracks</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The cabins at YMCA Camp Erdman in Hawaii were used for the Others' homes and the Dharma Initiative living quarters at the start of season 3 of <em>Lost</em>. The interiors for the Dharma Initiative check-in room, Flashback Ben's classroom and the makeshift holding cell were all filmed in the assembly hall across the street from the cabins.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/the-barracks/detail-2047</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2014 20:25:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the stash house : true detective]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/true-detective/the-stash-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Rust Cohle (as his alter ego Crash) infiltrates the Iron Crusaders and they attempt to rob a stash house in the Westwego housing projects in episode four of HBO's <em>True Detective</em>

When the robbery goes south Cohle drags Ginger through the house facing Lake St. and then the tracking shot follows them as they scale a fence between Texas St. and Emile Ave. before Hart picks them up.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/true-detective/the-stash-house/detail-2046</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:46:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[waikiki landmark : lost]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/waikiki-landmark</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The interiors and exteriors from Locke's season 3 <em>Lost</em> flashback when he is paralyzed after his father pushes him out of an eighth floor hotel window were filmed at the Waikiki Landmark condo in Honolulu. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/waikiki-landmark/detail-2045</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:19:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[o&#039;toole&#039;s irish pub : lost]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/otooles-irish-pub</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After a dismal start to season 3 <em>Lost</em> turned a corner with Desmond's time travel episode. The scenes at the London pub where Desmond tries to explain what is happening to his mate were filmed at O'Toole's Irish Pub in Honolulu. 

Outside O'Toole's is also where everyone's favorite <em>Lost</em> couple Rose and Bernard first meet in a season 2 flashback when Rose gets her car stuck in the snow.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/otooles-irish-pub/detail-2044</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:55:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rockaway beach : the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/rockaway-beach</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>It's not hard, not far to reach
We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/rockaway-beach/detail-2043</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2014 23:20:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fort defiance : jerry seinfeld, colin quinn, mario joyner]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/jerry-seinfeld-colin-quinn-mario-joyner/fort-defiance</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld has coffee with Colin Quinn and Mario Joyner at this Red Hook restaurant in <em>Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/jerry-seinfeld-colin-quinn-mario-joyner/fort-defiance/detail-2042</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:00:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where blackbeard was killed : pirates, blackbeard]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/pirates-blackbeard/where-blackbeard-was-killed</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1718, the most famous pirate of the day, Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, was chased into a sandbar at Oracoke Inlet by Lieutenant Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy.  Blackbeard's ship, the <em>Queen Anne's Revenge</em>, was immobile in the sand, so he boarded Maynard's ship with his crew to overtake them.  

The Royal Navy crew had many sailors hiding below deck and when the pirates boarded, Blackbeard was shot several times at close range.

His head was removed and hung at the front of the ship as a warning to other pirates, as well as to collect the bounty.  Legend has it that Blackbeard's body swam around the ship three times.

Today, the Underwater Archaeology Branch of the U.S. Coast Guard is excavating the shipwreck, and it has collected 280,000 artifacts including cannons and the anchor of the <em>Revenge</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/pirates-blackbeard/where-blackbeard-was-killed/detail-2041</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 05:57:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mr. eko&#039;s village : lost]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/mr-ekos-village</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The area around Hawaii's former Waialua Sugar Mill, which closed down operations in 1996, was used for Mr. Eko's Nigerian village in season 2 and 3 of <em>Lost</em>. 

The exterior of Yemi's church was a facade constructed for the show. The interior was filmed at the <a href="/locations/television/lost/yemis-church">Kealiiokamalu Church</a> a couple of miles away.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/mr-ekos-village/detail-2040</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:39:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[yemi&#039;s church : lost]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/yemis-church</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Mr. Eko's <em>Lost</em> flashbacks the interior of his brother's church was shot at the Kealiiokamalu Church. The exterior was built for the show near the <a href="/locations/television/lost/mr-ekos-village">Waialua Sugar Mill</a> which stood in for their Nigerian village.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/yemis-church/detail-2039</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:35:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[handsome coffee roasters : jerry seinfeld, patton oswalt]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/jerry-seinfeld-patton-oswalt/handsome-coffee-roasters</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the series <em>Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</em>, Jerry Seinfeld and Patton Oswalt drive a Delorean (before it breaks down) to get coffee in the downtown L.A. coffee shop, Handsome Coffee Roasters.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/jerry-seinfeld-patton-oswalt/handsome-coffee-roasters/detail-2038</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:42:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[green granary : jerry seinfeld, dave letterman]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/jerry-seinfeld-dave-letterman/green-granary</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the series <em>Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</em>, David Letterman lets Jerry Seinfeld drive his souped-up Volvo to the Green Granary, where they discuss parenting and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEZVusznRXA" target="_blank">Lenny Schulz</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/jerry-seinfeld-dave-letterman/green-granary/detail-2037</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:32:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the hackley school : admission (2013)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/admission-2013/the-hackley-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Portions of the emotionally overwrought dramedy <em>Admission</em> (2013) were filmed at the Hackley School, a college prep school in Tarrytown, NY.

The Hackley School was founded in 1899, and has graduated several interesting alumni, including sportscasters Chris Berman (1973) and news/sportscaster Keith Olberman (1975), and filmmakers Andrew Jarecki (1981, <em>Capturing the Friedmans</em>) and Eugene Jarecki (1987, <em>Why We Fight</em>).
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/admission-2013/the-hackley-school/detail-2036</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:44:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[first chipotle restaurant : chipotle, fast casual dining]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/chipotle-fast-casual-dining/first-chipotle-restaurant</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Steve Ells graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, he worked as a line cook at Stars in San Francisco.  He noticed the popularity of taquer&iacute;as and San Francisco burritos in the area, and in 1993 he went to Denver to open the first Chipotle burrito restaurant near the University of Denver campus.

His goal was to sell 107 burritos a day to make enough money to open a fine dining establishment.  Instead, the new restaurant began selling 1,000 burritos a day.  Chipotle quickly expanded, and the concept of fast casual dining has been introduced to mainstream America: food of a higher quality than fast food, but does include table service.

Today, Chipotle has over 1500 locations and a market capitalization (as of this writing) of $15.23 billion.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/chipotle-fast-casual-dining/first-chipotle-restaurant/detail-2035</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:01:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[monk&#039;s cafe : seinfeld]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/seinfeld/monks-cafe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exterior of Tom's Restaurant on the corner of West 112th Street and Broadway in Morningside Heights in Manhattan was used for the establishing shots of the fictional Monk's Cafe in <em>Seinfeld</em>. Interiors were filmed on a sound stage. 

The restaurant was also the inspiration for Suzanne Vega's 'Tom's Diner' and now that song will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. You're welcome.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/seinfeld/monks-cafe/detail-2034</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2014 01:42:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lost dutchman state park : raising arizona, the coen bros.]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/raising-arizona-the-coen-bros/lost-dutchman-state-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the 1987 film <em>Raising Arizona</em>, H.I. McDunnough and Edwina (Nicholas Cage and Bonnie Hunt) borrow money from their father-in-law for a starter home in suburban Tempe: "These were the salad days."

The scenes with the mobile home were shot in Lost Dutchman State Park.  The park is named after Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, a famous gold mine legendary among the tales of the Old West.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/raising-arizona-the-coen-bros/lost-dutchman-state-park/detail-2033</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2014 03:46:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sydney airport : lost]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/sydney-airport</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Hawaii Convention Center was turned into the Sydney Airport in <em>Lost</em> where Oceanic Flight 815 departs on the way to Los Angeles before crashing on the island. It's seen in multiple flashbacks throughout the first several seasons. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/sydney-airport/detail-2032</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2014 23:38:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[santa rosa mental health institute : lost]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/santa-rosa-mental-health-institute</link>
				<description><![CDATA[It took eighteen episodes of <em>Lost</em> before Hurley finally got a flashback, which by then Kate, Jack, Sawyer and Charlie each had two apiece. 

The interior scenes at Hurley's mental institution were filmed at the Laniakea YWCA in Honolulu. It's featured when we find out a little about the numbers in season one and also in season two's 'Dave,' one of <em>Lost's</em> goofier and more confusing episodes, which I guess is saying a lot.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/santa-rosa-mental-health-institute/detail-2031</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2014 23:33:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rkk energiya museum : space travel, space exploration]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/space-travel-space-exploration/rkk-energiya-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (or RKK Energiya) is the organization that has been carrying out Russia's space travel development and testing since the end of World War II.

The corporation has a museum called the RKK Energiya Museum on the factory grounds.  Exhibits include the recovered capsule from the Vostok 1 mission with which Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, and the Vostok 6 capsule in which Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/space-travel-space-exploration/rkk-energiya-museum/detail-2030</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 21:56:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[historisch-technisches-museum  : space exploration]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/space-exploration/historisch-technisches-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1937, the Peenem&uuml;nde Army Research Center was the military proving grounds for Nazi aeronautics.  The location is widely considered the birthplace of modern rocketry and spaceflight.  It also helped create the V-2 rockets that rained hellfire on London and Antwerp.

Legendary scientist Wernher von Braun was the technical director at the facility, before his team surrendered to the United States and worked for NASA. 

Today, the location is home to the 
Historisch-Technisches-Museum that traces: 

<em>"the path of the dreams of the first rocket pioneers of civilian space travel to the systematic development of the first major military rocket."</em> (from <a href="http://www.peenemuende.de/das-museum/" target="_blank">the museum website</a>). ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/space-exploration/historisch-technisches-museum/detail-2029</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:49:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[summit high school : the velvet underground]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-velvet-underground/summit-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On December 11, 1965, the Velvet Underground played their first show- under the name "The Velvet Underground" and with drummer Maureen Tucker- in the auditorium of Summit High School.  Tickets cost $2.50, and other bands included the headliners The Myddle Class, as well as The Forty Fingers.

The VU played three songs ("There She Goes Again," "Venus In Furs," and "Heroin"), then walked out with the new Wollensack tape recorder of journalist Al Aronowitz. Gotta buy them drugs somehow.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-velvet-underground/summit-high-school/detail-2028</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:11:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[molton hotel : civil rights]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/civil-rights/molton-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama and &uuml;ber-racist, Eugene "Bull" Connor, liked to spend his mornings at the Molton Hotel, drinking shots of Ol' Grand-Dad bourbon at the bar.

When Martin Luther King and his entourage decided to bring the civil rights struggle to Birmingham, the plan was to get Bull Connor to "tip his hand" as a reaction to peaceful protests.  

Bull Connor did.  His troops responded to a walk-out of students with fire hoses and snarling German Shepherds.  This was captured in photos that landed on the cover the major papers in America the next day.  The civil rights movement gained support from the shocked moderates of the country, and within a year a series of civil rights laws were passed.

The Molton was torn down in 1979, replaced by the Financial Center which stands there today.

*source: <em>David and Goliath</em> by Malcolm Gladwell.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/civil-rights/molton-hotel/detail-2027</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2014 11:56:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[revolution brewing : drinking buddies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/drinking-buddies/revolution-brewing</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The work scenes in <em>Drinking Buddies</em>, staring Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick, the guy from Office Space, Jason Sudeikis, some guy from a sitcom and horror director Ti West, were filmed here at Revolution Brewing in Chicago's Logan Square.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/drinking-buddies/revolution-brewing/detail-2026</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2014 20:30:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[white sands missile range : space exploration]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/space-exploration/white-sands-missile-range</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nazi rocket scientists had their work brought back to the United States after the fall of the Third Reich.   The rockets were reverse engineered at the White Sands Proving Grounds (now called the White Sands Missile Range).  Within months, the U.S. were testing rockets that traveled so far that they couldn't be tracked with conventional cameras, so they used anti-aircraft turrets mounted with lenses.

The U.S. troops scorched the Nazi rocket-making facilities so they wouldn't fall into other countries hands, but the Russians managed to get some of their own V-2 rockets.  They followed the same process as their U.S. counterparts and the space race began...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/space-exploration/white-sands-missile-range/detail-2025</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2014 09:21:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the hobbit boutique hotel : j.r.r. tolkien]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jrr-tolkien/the-hobbit-boutique-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Hobbit Boutique Hotel is a Tolkien-themed hotel with rooms named after characters from his writings.

Tolkien was born a couple of blocks away on January 2, 1892.  At the time, the area was known as the Orange Free State.  The original Tolkien home was destroyed in a flood during the 1920s, but portions of the home were incorporated into the hotel.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jrr-tolkien/the-hobbit-boutique-hotel/detail-2024</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2014 05:19:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[patsy cline historic house : patsy cline]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/patsy-cline/patsy-cline-historic-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Country music legend Patsy Cline lived at this home from 1948-53 (when she was 16 to 21) and returned often until her singing career began in 1957.

Today, this house is the <a href="http://www.celebratingpatsycline.org/celebrating-patsy-cline-the-historic-house.aspx" target="_blank">Patsy Cline Historic House</a> and is open to the public for tours.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/patsy-cline/patsy-cline-historic-house/detail-2023</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2014 04:42:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[big star grocery store (former) : big star]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/big-star/big-star-grocery-store-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The band Big Star got their name from a grocery store located here, part of the Big Star chain of supermarkets in Memphis in the 60s and 70s. This building, currently occupied by an auto shop, is located across the street from the old <a href="/locations/music/big-star/ardent-studios-former">Ardent Studios</a> where Big Star recorded their first album. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/big-star/big-star-grocery-store-former/detail-2022</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2013 20:30:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ardent studios (former) : big star]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/big-star/ardent-studios-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ardent Studios, home to the in-house label Ardent Records, was located on National Street in Memphis after founder John Fry moved the studio there from his family's garage in 1966. This is where Big Star recorded their first album <em>#1 Record</em>. <em>Led Zeppelin III</em> was mixed here in 1970, and Ardent also recorded sessions for <a href="/locations/music/otis-redding-sam-dave-booker-t-and-the-mgs/stax-museum">Stax Records</a>.

In 1971 the studio moved to its current location, where they would go on to work with hundreds of bands including the Replacements, R.E.M. and the White Stripes. This building on National now houses a small deli.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/big-star/ardent-studios-former/detail-2021</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2013 20:26:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[t.g.i. friday&#039;s (former) : big star]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/big-star/tgi-fridays-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the early 70s, before it was just a depressing place to eat Guy Fieri-themed burgers with your coworkers, T.G.I. Friday's was actually a popular hangout for the hip crowd, at least in Memphis. A photo shot by William Eggleston on the back of Big Star's second album <em>Radio City</em> shows Jody Stephens, Andy Hummel and Alex Chilton partying down at the former Overton Square location. 

The original T.G.I. Friday's was located in New York, but it was first franchised at this spot in Memphis in 1970 where it stayed until 2003.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/big-star/tgi-fridays-former/detail-2020</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:46:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sealand of the pacific (former) : blackfish (2013)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blackfish-2013/sealand-of-the-pacific-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The outdoor marine park named Sealand of the Pacific was located at the Oak Bay Marina in South Oak Bay, Vancouver.  One of its main attractions was the orca ("killer whale") show.

In February of 1991, an animal trainer drowned during an orca show at the facility.  According to the 2013 documentary film <em>Blackfish</em>, the orca named Tilikum pulled the trainer into the water.  The park folded later that year, and the remaining orcas were sold to SeaWorld Orlando.

Description of the facilities and treatment of the orcas were theorized as reasons for Tilikum's behavior, which are discussed in detail in the film.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blackfish-2013/sealand-of-the-pacific-former/detail-2019</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:01:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mr. cluck&#039;s : lost]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/mr-clucks</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Popeyes Fried Chicken in Honolulu was dressed up as a Mr. Cluck's Chicken Shack for the episode in season 2 of <em>Lost</em> when Hurley wins the lottery. It was destroyed with some cut-rate CGI in season 3.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/mr-clucks/detail-2018</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2013 19:49:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the barrow&#039;s gas station : bonnie and clyde, american outlaws]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/bonnie-and-clyde-american-outlaws/the-barrows-gas-station</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Henry and Cumie Barrow (parents of Clyde and Buck Barrow) owned and operated this location when it was a Star Service Station.  The address at the time was 1620 Eagle Ford Road.

Clyde and Buck Barrow spent time living in the home attached to the station.  Currently, the building is vacant.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/bonnie-and-clyde-american-outlaws/the-barrows-gas-station/detail-2017</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:42:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[marvel bullpen (1960s) : marvel comics]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/marvel-comics/marvel-bullpen-1960s</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Marvel Comics moved their offices from the Empire State Building to Madison Avenue in the 1960s. They were located here at 635 Madison Avenue during the Silver Age of Comic Books. In the early 70s they moved down the street and spent the Bronze Age at 575 Madison Avenue where they would stay until the early 1980s.

In Fantastic Four #10 (1963) Doctor Doom visited Stan Lee and Jack Kirby as they worked on Madison Avenue. Doom's evil meta plan was to force Lee to summon Fantastic Four's Reed Richard to the office in order to capture him. 

Most artists, including Kirby, would have worked from home at that time, so a Marvel Bullpen where artists and writers collaborated together in one space, along with the idea of Lee and Kirby sharing an office, was largely Lee's invention.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/marvel-comics/marvel-bullpen-1960s/detail-2016</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2013 21:46:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bonnie parker&#039;s grave : bonnie and clyde, american outlaws]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/bonnie-and-clyde-american-outlaws/bonnie-parkers-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although Bonnie and Clyde wanted to be buried together, Bonnie Parker's family would have nothing to do with it.

Funeral services were held separately for Bonnie Parker at  McKamy-Campbell Funeral Home on May 26, 1934.  It was a Saturday, and over 20,000 people attended the funeral.  The funeral director's son recalls cards being sent by Pretty Boy Floyd and John Dillinger.

Although originally buried in Fishtrap Cemetery, Bonnie Parker was moved to Crown Hill Memorial Park in 1945.  She was 23 years old.

Her epitaph reads: 
<em>"As the flowers are all made sweeter by the sunshine and the dew, so this old world is made brighter by the lives of folks like you."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/bonnie-and-clyde-american-outlaws/bonnie-parkers-grave/detail-2014</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:54:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[clyde barrow&#039;s grave : bonnie and clyde, american outlaws]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/bonnie-and-clyde-american-outlaws/clyde-barrows-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Bonnie and Clyde were gunned down <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bonnie-and-clyde/bonnie-and-clyde-ambushed-here">in Bienville Parish</a>, Louisiana by lawman Frank Hamer's possee, Clyde Barrow was laid to rest in Western Heights Cemetery on May 25th, 1934.  He was 25 years old.

Clyde was buried next to his brother, Marvin "Buck" Barrow, and the two of them share a tombstone engraved with the epitaph:<em>
"Gone but not forgotten."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/bonnie-and-clyde-american-outlaws/clyde-barrows-grave/detail-2013</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:43:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where paul walker died : paul walker]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/paul-walker/where-paul-walker-died</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On November 30, 2013, Paul Walker attended a charity event in California for Reach Out Worldwide, the nonprofit organization for disaster victims that he had set up to help provide relief around the world following the Haiti earthquakes in 2010. 

That afternoon Walker left the event with his friend Roger Rodas. Rodas was driving a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT and Walker was riding in the passenger seat when Rodas lost control of the car on Hercules Street in Santa Clarita and crashed into light pole and tree. Both men died when the car burst into flames. 

Walker, who was 40 years old, was on a hiatus from filming the seventh movie in the ongoing <em>Fast &amp; Furious</em> franchise when the accident occurred.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/paul-walker/where-paul-walker-died/detail-2012</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:18:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the world&#039;s end : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-worlds-end</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In reality it's a bit of a hike to get to the The World's End, the final destination of the "Golden Mile" pub crawl. This was filmed at The Gardener's Arms about a mile west of the other pubs in Letchworth. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-worlds-end/detail-2011</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:46:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the hole in the wall : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-hole-in-the-wall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Letchworth railway station was dressed as The Hole in the Wall, the second to last stop before <a href="/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-worlds-end">The World's End</a> in the "Golden Mile" pub crawl. 

Interiors were filmed at <a href="/locations/movies/star-wars-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-the-shining/elstree-studios">Elstree Studios</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-hole-in-the-wall/detail-2010</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:35:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the king&#039;s head : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-kings-head</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The final stretch of <em>The World's End</em> pub crawl takes the crew to pub ten, The King's Head, shot at the popular Letchworth bar The Arena Tavern.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-kings-head/detail-2009</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:32:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the beehive : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-beehive</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Just next door to <a href="/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-mermaid">The Mermaid / Broadway Cinema</a> you'll find Thai Garden, a restaurant which was turned into pub number nine The Beehive for the <em>The World's End</em> pub crawl.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-beehive/detail-2008</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:30:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the mermaid : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-mermaid</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On to stop eight in the "Golden Mile" from <em>The World's End</em>. This one is actually a movie house in Letchworth called Broadway Cinema dressed on the outside to look like The Mermaid pub.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-mermaid/detail-2007</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:24:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the two headed dog : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-two-headed-dog</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Stop seven in <em>The World's End</em> "Golden Mile" pub crawl is The Colonnade in Letchworth known as The Two Headed Dog in the movie.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-two-headed-dog/detail-2006</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:19:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the trusty servant (interior) : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-trusty-servant-interior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Directors Arms in Borehamwood stood in for the interior of the sixth stop of <em>The World's End</em> pub crawl. 

The exterior of The Trusty Servant is <a href="/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-trusty-servant-exterior">a pub in Letchworth</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-trusty-servant-interior/detail-2005</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:08:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the trusty servant (exterior) : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-trusty-servant-exterior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exterior of The Trusty Servant, number six in <em>The World's End</em> pub crawl, is a pub in Letchworth called The Three Magnets. Interiors were filmed at <a href="/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-trusty-servant-interior">The Directors Arms</a> in Borehamwood.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-trusty-servant-exterior/detail-2004</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:01:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the good companions (interior) : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-good-companions-interior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The interior scenes in The Good Companions, stop five in <em>The World's End</em> pub crawl, were filmed here at The Wenlock Arms pub in London. 

<a href="/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-good-companions-exterior">A clothing store in Letchworth</a> was dressed up for the exterior shots.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-good-companions-interior/detail-2003</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:45:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the good companions (exterior) : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-good-companions-exterior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exterior of The Good Companions, pub number five in <em>The World's End</em> "Golden Mile" pub crawl, isn't really a pub. The building, dressed with fake signage, is a clothing shop in Letchworth called Wendy's.

The interior of the pub was filmed at <a href="/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-good-companions-interior">The Wenlock Arms</a> in London. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-good-companions-exterior/detail-2002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:40:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the cross hands : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-cross-hands</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Things start to get weird when the crew makes it to The Cross Hands, stop four on the "Golden Mile" pub crawl from <em>The World's End</em>. 

This is the fourth and last pub filmed in Welwyn. It's the Parkway Bar just around the corner from the previous pub <a href="/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-famous-cock">The Famous Cock</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-cross-hands/detail-2001</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:37:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the famous cock : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-famous-cock</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Scenes from The Famous Cock, the third pub in the "Golden Mile" pub crawl from <em>The World's End</em>, were filmed at The Cork in Welwyn Garden City.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-famous-cock/detail-2000</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:34:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the old familiar : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-old-familiar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exterior of The Doctors Tonic in Welwyn was turned into the fictional pub The Old Familiar for the "Golden Mile" pub crawl in <em>The World's End</em>. 

To show the "starbucking" of their favorite old pubs, the interior of The Old Familiar was shot <a href="/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-first-post">where The First Post was filmed</a> so that it would be identical to their first stop.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-old-familiar/detail-1999</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:07:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the first post : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-first-post</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The first four pubs in the "Golden Mile" pub crawl from <em>The World's End</em> are located in Welwyn Garden City. 

Pub number one, The First Post, was filmed at Pear Tree. The interior of Pear Tree is also used for the interior of their next stop <a href="/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-old-familiar">The Old Familiar</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/the-first-post/detail-1998</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:02:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[uk&#039;s first roundabout : the world&#039;s end]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/uks-first-roundabout</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Letchworth Garden City and Welwyn Garden City combined to become the fictional town of Newton Haven for <em>The World's End</em>, the third movie in Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's so-called Cornetto Trilogy.

The last eight pubs from the "Golden Mile" pub crawl are located in Letchworth, although they all have made-up names that tie into the events of the movie, and a few of them, just in case you have the idea to attempt the pub crawl yourself, aren't actual pubs.

The United Kingdom's first roundabout in the movie though is real. It's Letchworth's Sollershott roundabout that dates back to 1909. Some vegetation had to be removed for the stunt at the end of the movie, but producers worked with the city to replant all the flowers and shrubs. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-worlds-end/uks-first-roundabout/detail-1997</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2013 20:55:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[first state bank : bonnie and clyde, american outlaws]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/bonnie-and-clyde-american-outlaws/first-state-bank</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bonnie and Clyde (and The Barrow Gang) robbed the Okabena Bank on May 19, 1933.  Gunfire was exchanged, but they escaped with $2500.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/bonnie-and-clyde-american-outlaws/first-state-bank/detail-1996</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:25:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bonnie and clyde&#039;s hideout : bonnie and clyde, american outlaws]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/bonnie-and-clyde-american-outlaws/bonnie-and-clydes-hideout</link>
				<description><![CDATA[For twelve days in 1933, neighbors witnessed suspicious activity at this apartment above the two-car garage on the corner of 34th St and Oak Ridge Drive in Joplin, MO.  The Barrow Gang (Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, brother Buck Barrow and his wife, Blanche Barrow) played cards and drank here between robberies in Missouri and the surrounding states.  Clyde accidentally set off his Browning automatic rifle here while cleaning.

On April 13, 1933, a group of five law enforcement officers surrounded the building, thinking they were about to break up a bootlegging ring.  Bonnie and Clyde and the Barrow Gang shot their way out, killing two officers.

Behind they left most of their possessions, including an undeveloped roll of film that produced the iconic cigar-smoking Bonnie photos.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/bonnie-and-clyde-american-outlaws/bonnie-and-clydes-hideout/detail-1995</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:09:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gramma b&#039;s (former) : road warriors, rick rude, barry darsow, eddie sharkey]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/road-warriors-rick-rude-barry-darsow-eddie-sharkey/gramma-bs-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Laurinaitis (aka Animal) and Hegstrand (aka Hawk) would go on to form the Road Warriors tag team. Rood would become "Ravishing" Rick Rude, John Nord would wrestle as the Berzerker in WWF and Darsow would gain fame as Smash, one half of the tag team Demolition. 

A few of the many other wrestlers later trained by Sharkey include Scott Steiner, Sean Waltman and Jerry Lynn.

Gramma B's was eventually closed in 1984 for failure to pay taxes. This spot is currently occupied by the tiki bar Psycho Suzi's Motor Lounge.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/road-warriors-rick-rude-barry-darsow-eddie-sharkey/gramma-bs-former/detail-1992</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2013 19:51:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[robbinsdale high school (former) : rick rude, curt hennig, barry darsow]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/rick-rude-curt-hennig-barry-darsow/robbinsdale-high-school-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Minneapolis suburb of Robbinsdale was at one time a breeding ground for future professional wrestlers. 

AWA founder Verne Gagne attended Robbinsdale High School in the 1930s and Larry "The Axe" Hennig attended in the '50s. 

Later graduates of the high school include:
Rick Rood (aka "Ravishing" Rick Rude) - class of '76
"Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig - class of '76
Tom Zenk (&frac12; of the Can-Am Connection) - class of '76
Dean Peters - class of '76
Scott Simpson (aka Nikita Koloff) - class of '77
John "The Barbarian" Nord  - class of '77
and Barry Darsow (best known as Smash from Demolition and probably worst known as the Repo Man) - class of '78

Robbinsdale High School closed in 1982. This location is currently the Robbinsdale Middle School. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/rick-rude-curt-hennig-barry-darsow/robbinsdale-high-school-former/detail-1991</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2013 02:30:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[robben island : nelson mandela, civil rights]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/nelson-mandela-civil-rights/robben-island</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nobel laureate and president of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918-Dec 5, 2013), served 18 years of his 27 years in prison for sabotage against the apartheid government on Robben Island off the coast of South Africa.  

<em>21 years in captivity
Shoes too small to fit his feet
His body abused, but his mind is still free
You're so blind that you cannot see</em>-
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcTvoWjZJU" target="_blank">"Nelson Mandela"</a>, The Specials]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/nelson-mandela-civil-rights/robben-island/detail-1990</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2013 11:37:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[caesers palace : wrestlemania, hulk hogan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-hulk-hogan/caesers-palace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On April 4, 1993, Wrestlemania IX was held outdoors at the Las Vegas casino Caesars Palace.  The title match featured Yokozuna defeating Bret Hart, and then Hulk Hogan defeating Yokozuna.

The ninth installment of the Wrestlemania franchise saw a reduction of attendance to a third of the audience in Wrestlemania 8.  Pay-per-view numbers were down as well.  The matches were held outside for the first time in Wrestlemania history, and there was a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vfB8NyiVvt4" target="_blank">recurring Roman theme</a>.

Due to the poor broadcast and uninteresting matches, many see Wrestlemania 9 as the worst of the franchise.  However, it's worth noting that Bobby Heenan entered riding a camel backwards...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-hulk-hogan/caesers-palace/detail-1989</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2013 06:21:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[oswald family apartment : jfk, lee harvey oswald]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jfk-lee-harvey-oswald/oswald-family-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife, Marina, were renting the upstairs apartment of this duplex at the time of the Kennedy assassination.

In the backyard, Marina took a picture of Lee Harvey with a rifle that was widely circulated after the event.  Conspiracy theorists note that the shadow on Oswald's face appears to be at noon, while the remaining shadows appear to be in the afternoon.

Oswald was separated from Marina at the time of the JFK assassination and was living at 1026 North Beckley Avenue.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jfk-lee-harvey-oswald/oswald-family-apartment/detail-1988</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2013 05:49:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dallas municipal building : jfk, lee harvey oswald]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jfk-lee-harvey-oswald/dallas-municipal-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested at the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/history/jfk-lee-harvey-oswald/texas-theatre">Texas Theatre</a> on November 22, 1963, he was interrogated and jailed here for two days.

On November 24, Oswald was being escorted to a more secure facility through the basement exit when Jack Ruby shot him.  It was the first televised assassination.

Today, the building houses municipal courts and the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jfk-lee-harvey-oswald/dallas-municipal-building/detail-1986</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:33:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hoosier dome : wrestlemania, hulk hogan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-hulk-hogan/hoosier-dome</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Before the Hoosier Dome became the RCA Dome, and before the RCA Dome imploded, Wrestlemania VIII was held at this location on April 5, 1992.

In the eighth installment of the Wrestlemania franchise, the headline was a rare double match-up.  Hulk Hogan defeated Sid Justice by disqualification, and Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair.

Fun fact: After the RCA Dome (rename of the Hoosier Dome) was imploded on December 20, 2008, the canopy of the dome was recycled to make messenger bags, wallets, and clutches.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-hulk-hogan/hoosier-dome/detail-1985</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:02:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[texas theatre : jfk, lee harvey oswald]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jfk-lee-harvey-oswald/texas-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Originally opened and operated by aviator-mogul Howard Hughes in 1931, the Texas Theatre is famous for being the location where Lee Harvey Oswald was apprehended after wounding Texas Governor John Connally and killing JFK and Dallas Officer J.D. Tippit.

Oswald ran into the theater without paying for a ticket after shooting <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/history/jfk-lee-harvey-oswald/where-oswald-shot-jd-tippit">J.D. Tippit nearby</a>.  He sat in the fifth seat from the aisle in the third to last row.  The seat location is now marked with gold lettering (not the actual seat- that one was brought home by the owner before the FBI got there).  Oswald was watching the 1962 film <em>War is Hell</em> when the police arrived.

Today, the Texas Theatre is an independent and repertory cinema.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jfk-lee-harvey-oswald/texas-theatre/detail-1984</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2013 13:11:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where oswald shot j.d. tippit : jfk, lee harvey oswald]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jfk-lee-harvey-oswald/where-oswald-shot-jd-tippit</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At about 1:11 p.m. on November 23, 1963, Officer J.D. Tippit of the Dallas P.D. was driving slowly eastward on East 10th Street (about 100 feet past the intersection of 10th Street and Patton Avenue) when he saw a man who matched the description of the presidential assassin.  

Tippit got out of his car after exchanging words with Lee Harvey Oswald through the window, and Oswald pulled out a handgun and shot him three times in the chest.  Then Oswald then walked up to the fallen officer and shot him in the head. Tippit died at the scene.

Oswald fled the scene and ran into the nearby <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/history/jfk-lee-harvey-oswald/texas-theatre">Texas Theatre</a> without buying a ticket.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jfk-lee-harvey-oswald/where-oswald-shot-jd-tippit/detail-1983</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:56:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[texas school book depository : jfk, lee harvey oswald]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jfk-lee-harvey-oswald/texas-school-book-depository</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On November 22, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald was employed as a temporary worker at the Texas School Book Depository when he shot JFK from the sixth floor.  The 24-year-old Oswald was a former U.S. Marine with a "sharpshooter" rating.  Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby before he could stand trial.

Today, the building houses the <a href="http://www.jfk.org/" target="_blank">Sixth Floor Museum</a> with several artifacts and displays from the Kennedy assassination.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jfk-lee-harvey-oswald/texas-school-book-depository/detail-1982</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:32:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dealey plaza : john f. kennedy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/john-f-kennedy/dealey-plaza</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald.  That is all, no more questions.

<em>Texas is the reason the president is dead.</em> 
- "Bullet" by The Misfits]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/john-f-kennedy/dealey-plaza/detail-1981</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:33:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[louisiana state capital : huey long]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/huey-long/louisiana-state-capital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On September 8, 1935, Huey Long was a sitting U.S. Senator and oppositional presidential candidate to F.D.R.  A populist politician, Long had been an enormously influential figure in Louisiana politics: suing Standard Oil for unfair business practices and starting numerous social programs, as well as being militantly defensive of his political aspirations.

On that day in September, Long was at the Louisiana State Capital building when Carl Weiss, a disgruntled relative of a judge that Long was trying to oust, shot the senator in the abdomen.  "The Kingfish" (as Long was known) died two days later.

Long's life has been the inspiration for many works, including the novel <em>All the King's Men</em> (1946) and the subsequent movie (1949 and 2006), as well as the Sinclair Lewis play <em>It Can't Happen Here</em> (1936).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/huey-long/louisiana-state-capital/detail-1980</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:25:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woody guthrie folk music center : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/woody-guthrie-folk-music-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At the old Harris Drug store in Pampa, TX, Woody Guthrie worked on and off after his family moved here from Okemah, OK.

Today, it is the site of the Woody Guthrie Folk Music Center.  The music venue and meeting space is dedicated to promoting Guthrie's music and ideals, and it has a number of photos and artifacts from the American songwriter.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/woody-guthrie-folk-music-center/detail-1979</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:45:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[largo at the coronet : sarah silverman]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sarah-silverman/largo-at-the-coronet</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Largo at the Coronet is a music and performance venue in Los Angeles.  The Largo originally opened in 1989, and moved to this location on June 2, 2008.

Sarah Silverman filmed her 2013 HBO special <em>We are Miracles</em> in the Largo's small room for a crowd of 39 people.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sarah-silverman/largo-at-the-coronet/detail-1978</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:06:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wakin&#039; on a pretty daze cover : kurt vile]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/kurt-vile/wakin-on-a-pretty-daze-cover</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Mural by Steve Powers
Songs by Kurt Vile
Jello shots by Jelloman]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/kurt-vile/wakin-on-a-pretty-daze-cover/detail-1977</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 02:59:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the crash site : lost]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/the-crash-site</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is where it all started, where Oceanic Flight 815 crashed in the pilot of <em>Lost</em>. The spot is Mokule'ia Beach in north Oahu, the Hawaiian island where the show was filmed. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/the-crash-site/detail-1976</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:23:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 pointz : now you see me]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/now-you-see-me/5-pointz</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The climactic final show in the magic caper movie <em>Now You See Me</em> takes place at 5 Pointz in Queens. 

The 5 Pointz warehouse had been a premiere showcase for graffiti since 1993. The owner planned to raze the building for condo space, and when the artists began to look into federal protection for their work he had it whitewashed in late 2013. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/now-you-see-me/5-pointz/detail-1975</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:59:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[elephant and bird mural : murals, ohenry]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/murals-ohenry/elephant-and-bird-mural</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Near the industrial section of North Minneapolis, between the river and the freeway, there is this mural of an elephant and a bird by OHenry.  That's all I know about it, but its pretty sweet.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/murals-ohenry/elephant-and-bird-mural/detail-1974</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2013 06:08:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sedgewick hotel : ghostbusters]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ghostbusters/sedgewick-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[New York's Sedgewick Hotel where the Ghostbusters bust their first ghost is actually the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

You can also see the Biltmore in <a href="/locations/movies/fight-club/biltmore-hotel">Fight Club</a> when Tyler Durden and what's-his-name go after the police commissioner. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ghostbusters/sedgewick-hotel/detail-1973</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 19:55:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[new york public library : ghostbusters]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ghostbusters/new-york-public-library</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The first ghost Venkman, Ray and Egon see at the beginning of <em>Ghostbusters</em> is an evil old woman who rearranges the books and slimes the card catalog at the New York Public Library.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ghostbusters/new-york-public-library/detail-1972</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 19:53:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hurley&#039;s golf course : lost]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/hurleys-golf-course</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In <em>Lost</em> season 1, while Sayid is busy getting tortured by Rousseau, Hurley sets up a golf course to help everyone else deal with the stress of cave living. The course was located in the Ka'a'awa Valley at Kualoa Ranch on the Hawaiian island of Oahu where the majority of <em>Lost</em> was filmed.

Kualoa Ranch is a popular filming location. Movies shot here include Jurassic Park, Godzilla (2000) and Pearl Harbor (2001).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/lost/hurleys-golf-course/detail-1970</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 20:09:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[skydome : wrestlemania, hulk hogan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-hulk-hogan/skydome</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On April 1, 1990, Wrestlemania VI was held at the Toronto SkyDome.  In the sixth installment of Wrestlemania, the Ultimate Warrior defeated Hulk Hogan.

The SkyDome is now officially named the Rogers Centre after the owner of the stadium and the Toronto Blue Jays, Rogers Communications (although it is still locally known as the SkyDome).  The venue is the first stadium to have a fully retractable motorized roof.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-hulk-hogan/skydome/detail-1969</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 08:50:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[promised land farms : promised land, gus van sant]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/promised-land-gus-van-sant/promised-land-farms</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Many of the picturesque rolling countryside and rural farms in the film <em>Promised Land</em> were along Slate Lick Road, about 40 miles NE of Pittsburgh in Armstrong County.

From the <a href="http://www.focusfeatures.com/article/finding_promised_land?film=promised_land" target="_blank">Focus Features website</a>:

<em>Adkins recalls, &ldquo;In looking for stunning pastoral farmlands, I remembered Slate Lick Road from scouting other films. When Gus flew into town, I picked him up at the airport and we went out to the Worthington/Slate Lick area, driving along that distinctive road.&rdquo;

&ldquo;I had never been there before,&rdquo; notes the director. &ldquo;When John drove me around the country area outside Pittsburgh, it seemed perfect.&rdquo;

&ldquo;That was it,&rdquo; says Adkins. &ldquo;Our movie was coming to the region, which became as big a star of <strong>PROMISED LAND</strong> as anyone else.&rdquo;</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/promised-land-gus-van-sant/promised-land-farms/detail-1967</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 06:36:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[guy&#039;s tavern : promised land, matt damon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/promised-land-matt-damon/guys-tavern</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The motel interiors from the film <em>Promised Land</em> were shot at Guy's Tavern in Avonmore, PA.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/promised-land-matt-damon/guys-tavern/detail-1966</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 06:24:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[buddy&#039;s place : promised land, matt damon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/promised-land-matt-damon/buddys-place</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Buddy's Bar in the film <em>Promised Land</em> is actually called My Buddy's Place, and it was a filming location for several scenes of the film.  

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/promised-land-matt-damon/buddys-place/detail-1965</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 06:21:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mckinley&#039;s main street : promised land, matt damon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/promised-land-matt-damon/mckinleys-main-street</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The west Pennsylvania town of Avonmore had its main thoroughfare dressed to represent the fictional town of McKinley, PA in the 2012 film <em>Promised Land</em>. Many filming locations were located in the town of Avonmore and the surrounding area.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/promised-land-matt-damon/mckinleys-main-street/detail-1964</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 05:59:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[boardwalk hall : wrestlemania, wwf]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-wwf/boardwalk-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Boardwalk Hall (formerly known as Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall) began construction in by 1926 Lockwood, Greene &amp; Co. and opened in 1929.

It was the site of the 1964 Democratic National Convention, 9 months after John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

On March 27, 1988, the World Wrestling Federation held Wrestlemania IV at this location (often incorrectly attributed to the Trump Plaza and Casino, who sponsored the event).  

The main event featured a match between Randy Savage and Ted DiBiase: Randy Savage won (with help from Hulk Hogan).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-wwf/boardwalk-hall/detail-1962</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2013 01:59:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[los angeles memorial sports arena : wrestlemania, hulk hogan, king kong bundy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-hulk-hogan-king-kong-bundy/los-angeles-memorial-sports-arena</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Wrestlemania II was a pay-per-view event that was held on April 7, 1986 at three separate locations: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Uniondale, NY), Rosemont Horizon (Rosemont, IL), and Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (yep).

Each location had a main event with a major undercard.  The main event in Los Angeles was Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match.  Hogan won the match after climbing out of the top of the steel cage and reached the floor to retain the title.

Celebrity guests at the L.A. location include  Ricky Schroder, Tommy Lasorda, and Elvira.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-hulk-hogan-king-kong-bundy/los-angeles-memorial-sports-arena/detail-1961</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2013 07:49:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[madison square garden : wrestlemania, hulk hogan, mr. t]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-hulk-hogan-mr-t/madison-square-garden</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The first Wrestlemania was held at Madison Square Garden on March 31, 1985.  In the main event, Hulk Hogan and Mr. T fought Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff.

Wrestlemania was an exercise in showmanship.  Muhammad Ali was a guest referee.  Jesse "The Body" Ventura was a color commentator. At one point, Cyndi Lauper hit a professional wrestler with a purse (planned after Lauper met Lou Albano on a plane to Puerto Rico).  

The event was shown on closed-circuit television at arenas around the country, including the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA where fans threw garbage at the screen when technical glitches ended the screening (the WWF later rebroadcast it on a local affiliate there for free to make up for it).

The good old days...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-hulk-hogan-mr-t/madison-square-garden/detail-1960</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2013 07:41:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pontiac silverdome : wrestlemania, hulk hogan, andr&amp;eacute; the giant]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-hulk-hogan-andre-the-giant/pontiac-silverdome</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On March 29, 1987, Wrestlemania III was held at the Pontiac Silverdome.  With an attendance of 93,173, the wrestling event was the most highly attended sporting event until the NBA All-Star Game of 2010.  The main event featured Hulk Hogan vs Andr&eacute; the Giant, and also starred wrestling luminaries like Randy Savage, Junkyard Dog, Rickey Steamboat, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and more.  

The event was considered one of the high points for 80s wrestling.  Since then, the Pontiac Silverdome has fallen on hard times.  It's currently the home of the Detroit Mechanix, the city's ultimate frisbee team, when it's not being repaired from various damages.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestlemania-hulk-hogan-andre-the-giant/pontiac-silverdome/detail-1959</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:50:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bandstand : road house]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/road-house/bandstand</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of <em>Road House</em> Dalton is working as head bouncer at Bandstand when he is recruited by Frank to be the cooler of his Missouri bar Double Deuce. 

Bandstand also doubled as the interior of the bar / strip club where Sam Elliot's character Wade is working when Dalton calls him.

The real-life nightclub had a violent reputation that sounded like it was straight out of the movie. It was the largest nightclub in Orange County, California and was last known as The Boogie before it was closed in 2006.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/road-house/bandstand/detail-1958</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 22:32:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jack london&#039;s birthplace : jack london]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-london/jack-londons-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney) was born at this location on January 12, 1876.  

The American author who wrote the novels <em>The Call of the Wild</em> and <em>White Fang</em>, and the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life", spent the early years of his life at this location.  

The home burned down in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake fire, and the plaque celebrating London was placed here in 1953.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-london/jack-londons-birthplace/detail-1957</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2013 08:09:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;banksy!&quot; : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/banksy</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Banksy's final piece for his New York show BETTER OUT THAN IN was 'an inflatable throw-up' of his name on a building off the Long Island Expressway in Queens.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/banksy/detail-1956</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:08:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bronx zoo at yankee stadium : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/bronx-zoo-at-yankee-stadium</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The is the location of the second to last day of Banksy's BETTER OUT THAN IN. His graffitied leopard (or possibly a cheetah) was located on a wall near Yankee Stadium in the South Bronx.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/bronx-zoo-at-yankee-stadium/detail-1955</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:02:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[herman melville&#039;s birthplace : herman melville, moby dick]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/herman-melville-moby-dick/herman-melvilles-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Herman Melville, author of <em>Moby-Dick, Billy Budd</em>, "Bartleby the Scrivener" and many other works, was born at this location on August 1, 1819 when it was 6 Pearl Street.  Today, Pearl Street no longer exists at this location and it's the home of the 17 State Street tower.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/herman-melville-moby-dick/herman-melvilles-birthplace/detail-1954</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:29:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ralph lauren&#039;s childhood home : fashion, ralph lauren]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/fashion-ralph-lauren/ralph-laurens-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ralph Lifshitz was born on October 14, 1939, and grew up at this home in the Bronx in the 1950s (two blocks away from fashion designer <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/fashion-calvin-klein/calvin-kleins-childhood-home">Calvin Klein</a>).  After changing his name to Ralph Lauren at the age of 16, the fashion designer went on to found the Polo Ralph Lauren company.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/fashion-ralph-lauren/ralph-laurens-childhood-home/detail-1953</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2013 11:23:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[calvin klein&#039;s childhood home : fashion, calvin klein]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/fashion-calvin-klein/calvin-kleins-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Fashion designer and business tycoon Calvin Klein grew up at this address in the Bronx in the 1950s, two blocks away from <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/fashion-ralph-lauren/ralph-laurens-childhood-home">Ralph Lauren</a> (then Ralph Lifshitz), even though the two never met at that time.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/fashion-calvin-klein/calvin-kleins-childhood-home/detail-1952</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2013 11:15:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[robot with barcode : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/robot-with-barcode</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Here is Banksy's robot with graffiti barcode for day 28 of BETTER OUT THAN IN. It's located on Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/robot-with-barcode/detail-1951</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 18:47:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;this site contains blocked messages&quot; : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/this-site-contains-blocked-messages</link>
				<description><![CDATA["This site contains blocked messages"

Day 27 of Banksy's BETTER OUT THAN IN on the side of a building in Greenpoint.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/this-site-contains-blocked-messages/detail-1950</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2013 06:25:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[arthur miller&#039;s house : arthur miller]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/arthur-miller/arthur-millers-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Arthur Miller, playwright of <em>All My Sons, The Crucible</em>, lived at this address in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood while finishing <em>Death of a Salesman</em>.

In 1955, he sold the property to W. E. B. DuBois.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/arthur-miller/arthur-millers-house/detail-1948</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2013 02:25:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[waiting in vain... : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/waiting-in-vain</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Day 24 of Banksy's BETTER OUT THAN IN

A suitor with flowers waits in vain at the door of the Hustler Club in Hell's Kitchen.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/waiting-in-vain/detail-1947</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 02:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the death house : death]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/death/the-death-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Hackney brothers practiced at their home everyday between 3-6 pm: Bobby (bass, vocals), David (songwriter, guitar) and Dannis (drums).

Originally calling themselves Rock Fire Funk Express, guitarist David convinced his brothers to change the name of the band to Death.

In 1974, the three African American brothers recorded seven protopunk songs at United Sounds Studio in Detroit.

The band's story was featured in the 2012 documentary <em>A Band Called Death</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/death/the-death-house/detail-1946</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:07:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chumley&#039;s : j.d. salinger]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jd-salinger/chumleys</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened in 1922, and the source of the phrase "86'ed"- Chumley's has been a speakeasy for writers for several generations.

On September 22, 2000, the Friends of Libraries USA placed a plaque at the location that read the following: 

<em>A celebrated haven frequented by poets, novelists and playwrights, who helped define twentieth century American literature. These writers include Willa Cather, E.E. Cummings, Theodore Dreiser, William Faulkner, Ring Lardner, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Eugene O'Neill, John Dos Passos, and John Steinbeck.</em>

J.D. Salinger used to meet up with other writers here while he was writing short stories before WWII.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jd-salinger/chumleys/detail-1945</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:43:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[windsor post office : j.d. salinger]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jd-salinger/windsor-post-office</link>
				<description><![CDATA[J.D. Salinger had a post office box (P.O. Box 32) at this location for several years.  He was photo-ambushed here numerous times.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jd-salinger/windsor-post-office/detail-1944</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:28:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cinderblock sphinx : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/cinderblock-sphinx</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Day 22 of BETTER OUT THAN IN. 

Banksy called it "a 1/36 scale replica of the great Sphinx of Giza made from smashed cinderblocks." It's located in Queens near Citi Field.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/cinderblock-sphinx/detail-1943</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 23:21:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[art garfunkel&#039;s childhood home : art garfunkel, simon and garfunkel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/art-garfunkel-simon-and-garfunkel/art-garfunkels-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Art Garfunkel, the son of housewife Rose and traveling salesman Jacob "Jack" Garfunkel was born on November 5, 1941.

He lived in this home in Queens, three blocks away from future performing partner, <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/paul-simon-simon-and-garfunkel/paul-simons-childhood-home">Paul Simon</a>.  The two met in grade school at PS 164 and attended <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/simon-and-garfunkel/parsons-junior-high-school-former">Parsons Junior High School</a> and <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones-simon-garfunkel-spiderman/forest-hills-high-school">Forest Hills High School</a> together.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/art-garfunkel-simon-and-garfunkel/art-garfunkels-childhood-home/detail-1942</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 06:28:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paul simon&#039;s childhood home : paul simon, simon and garfunkel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/paul-simon-simon-and-garfunkel/paul-simons-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Simon family moved to this home from Newark, NJ in 1945.  Paul Simon's father, Louis Simon, was a college professor, upright bass player, and dance bandleader.  His mother, Belle (1910&ndash;2007), was an elementary school teacher. 

Paul Simon's musical career began after meeting Art Garfunkel when they were both 11. They performed in a production of <em>Alice in Wonderland for their sixth grade graduation</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/paul-simon-simon-and-garfunkel/paul-simons-childhood-home/detail-1941</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 06:17:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;ghetto 4 life&quot; : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/ghetto-4-life</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Banksy's Ghetto 4 Life piece in the South Bronx for BETTER OUT THAN IN was near the corner of 153rd Street and Elton Avenue.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/ghetto-4-life/detail-1940</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 01:02:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hammer boy : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/hammer-boy</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Banksy's stencil of a boy playing a carnival strongman game for day 20 of BETTER OUT THAN IN in New York was right here on the side of a building on the Upper West Side.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/hammer-boy/detail-1939</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:25:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[parsons junior high school (former) : simon and garfunkel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/simon-and-garfunkel/parsons-junior-high-school-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel grew up in the same predominantly Jewish neighborhood Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York, just three blocks away from each other.

Friends throughout childhood, the two attended Parsons Junior High School together before they both went to <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones-simon-garfunkel-spiderman/forest-hills-high-school">Forest Hills High School</a>.

Parsons Junior High School closed in 2007 and reopened as two schools: the Robert F. Kennedy Middle School and the Queens School of Inquiry.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/simon-and-garfunkel/parsons-junior-high-school-former/detail-1937</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:20:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[two paintings under the high line : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/two-paintings-under-the-high-line</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This was a temporary one, a pair of paintings by Brazilian artists <a href="http://www.osgemeos.com.br/" target="_blank">Os G&ecirc;meos</a> on West 24th St. under the High Line complete with security and refreshments. It was up from October 18th&ndash;20th.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/two-paintings-under-the-high-line/detail-1936</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:12:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woodbury : the walking dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/woodbury</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The fictional town of Woodbury led by the governor in season 3 of <em>The Walking Dead</em> is actually a small town in Georgia called Senoia. Most of the scenes were shot on Senoia's blocked off Main Street. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/woodbury/detail-1935</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:59:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the bell tower : in bruges]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/in-bruges/the-bell-tower</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The bell tower that is featured prominently throughout Martin McDonagh's dark comedy <em>In Bruges</em> is located in the Market Square, although if you're visiting Bruges I doubt you'd miss it.

The medieval belfry dates back to the 13th century. It's 83 meters tall (that's over 270 feet for us Yanks), and it takes 366 steps up the narrow staircase to reach the top.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/in-bruges/the-bell-tower/detail-1934</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:19:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[graffiti bridge : prince]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prince/graffiti-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Near this intersection, the SW Regional LRT crosses over Valley View Road.  For years, a bridge stood over Valley View that was perpetually coated with graffiti: messages for birthday congrats and wedding requests, drawings, and the occasional mural of Prince.  

Prince (who lived in the area) must have appreciated it, because his follow-up to his smash film/album <em>Purple Rain</em> was the mediocre album/film <em>Graffiti Bridge</em> in 1990.

The bridge was removed in 1991, and was replaced with the clean and graffiti-free bridge that is there today.

Read a thorough history of <a href="http://www.johnweeks.com/miscbridges/pages/graffitibr.html" target="_blank">Graffiti Bridge here</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prince/graffiti-bridge/detail-1933</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:05:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[geishas on a bridge : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/geishas-on-a-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Banksy's BETTER OUT THAN IN day 17: a stencil of a pair of Japanese women on a footbridge. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/geishas-on-a-bridge/detail-1932</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2013 03:05:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the twin towers : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/the-twin-towers</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Banksy's 9/11 tribute to the twin towers for day 15 of BETTER OUT THAN IN is right near the corner of Staple St. and Jay St. in Tribeca.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/the-twin-towers/detail-1931</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2013 02:19:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;what we do in life echoes in eternity&quot; : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/what-we-do-in-life-echoes-in-eternity</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Here is day 14 of BETTER OUT THAN IN. It's a quote from the movie <em>Gladiator</em> as <a href="http://banksy.co.uk/2013/10/14/queens" target="_blank">Banksy acknowledged on his site.</a> ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/what-we-do-in-life-echoes-in-eternity/detail-1930</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2013 01:46:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 denmark terrace : the kinks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-kinks/6-denmark-terrace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ray and Dave Davies (of British rock band The Kinks) grew up in this North London home.  Their parents used to throw parties in the front room, and the Davies brothers grew an appreciation for music, drinking and sing-alongs.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-kinks/6-denmark-terrace/detail-1929</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2013 02:50:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[concrete confessional : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/concrete-confessional</link>
				<description><![CDATA[It's day 12 of BETTER OUT THAN IN. Banksy called this one concrete confessional. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/concrete-confessional/detail-1928</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2013 01:50:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[santa anna&#039;s leg : king of the hill]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/king-of-the-hill/santa-annas-leg</link>
				<description><![CDATA[President General Antonio L&oacute;pez de Santa Anna (a.k.a. the Napoleon of the West) was the presiding general at the Battle of the Alamo, a 13-day siege from February 23 &ndash; March 6, 1836.  The Texian defenders were wiped out- all 189 of them.

The perceived cruelty of the attack was later reflected in the rallying cry, "Remember the Alamo!" when Texian forces clashed with Santa Anna's army at the Battle of San Jacinto.

At the Battle of Cerro Gordo in 1847, soldiers from the 4th Illinois Infantry found Santa Anna&rsquo;s cork leg inside his abandoned carriage.  That leg is on display at the Illinois State Military Museum, to the chagrin of the Mexican government and people.  Call it a spoil of war...

This leg was featured in an episode of <em>King of the Hill</em> where it was "leg"-napped back to Texas.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/king-of-the-hill/santa-annas-leg/detail-1927</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 07:41:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[beaver with a no parking sign : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/beaver-with-a-no-parking-sign</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Banksy's BETTER OUT THAN IN day 10: this cute little beaver took down a No Parking sign.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/beaver-with-a-no-parking-sign/detail-1926</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 01:36:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[crazy horses : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/crazy-horses</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On day 9 of BETTER OUT THAN IN Banksy made up for <a href="/locations/art-and-design/banksy/i-have-a-theory">day 8's boring tag</a> with a bunch of horses wearing night-vision googles and a man painted on a car in the Lower East Side.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/crazy-horses/detail-1925</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 01:42:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[playa cacaluta : y tu mam&amp;aacute; tambi&amp;eacute;n (2001)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/y-tu-mama-tambien-2001/playa-cacaluta</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Julio and Tenoch convince Luisa to visit La Boca del Cielo (Heaven's Mouth), an imaginary beach paradise they claim is on the Oaxacan coast in <em>Y Tu Mam&aacute; Tambi&eacute;n</em> (2001).

The beach they find is really Playa Cacaluta, near Huatulco in Oaxaca.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/y-tu-mama-tambien-2001/playa-cacaluta/detail-1923</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:23:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;i have a theory...&quot; : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/i-have-a-theory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Here is the location for day 8 in Banksy's BETTER OUT THAN IN New York series. Maybe he's running out of ideas.

"I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it. &ndash; Plato"]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/i-have-a-theory/detail-1922</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 01:50:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[helium heart balloon with band-aids : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/helium-heart-balloon-with-band-aids</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After <a href="http://banksy.co.uk/2013/10/05/all-city" target="_blank">a mobile piece in a truck on October 5th</a> (and taking a break on Sunday) Banksy was back for day 7 of BETTER OUT THAN IN with a band-aid-covered heart-shaped helium balloon on the side of a building in Brooklyn.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/helium-heart-balloon-with-band-aids/detail-1921</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:35:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[king of clubs (former) : fargo]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fargo/king-of-clubs-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the former location of the bar where Jerry first meets up with Carl and Gaear at the beginning of <em>Fargo</em>. It's the only part of the movie actually set in Fargo, North Dakota, although the Coen brothers filmed the scene at the neighborhood bar King of Clubs here in Northeast Minneapolis. 

The building was torn down sometime in the early 2000s to make way for an apartment complex.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fargo/king-of-clubs-former/detail-1920</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 18:40:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[food court from scanners : scanners (1981)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/scanners-1981/food-court-from-scanners</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the basement near the Yonge and Bloor subway stop is the food court where we first meet the homeless scanner, Cameron Vale (played by Stephen Lack), in the 1981 film <em>Scanners</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/scanners-1981/food-court-from-scanners/detail-1919</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 01:55:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[consec building : scanners (1981)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/scanners-1981/consec-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The headquarters of the ConSec defense corporation in the 1981 film <em>Scanners</em> is actually the Future Electronique building, located outside of Montreal.

The building is 13-story, 175 ft. example of modernism, and your head may explode if you cross the wrong people here. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/scanners-1981/consec-building/detail-1917</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 01:44:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mary tyler moore house : the mary tyler moore show]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-mary-tyler-moore-show/mary-tyler-moore-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exterior of this house in the Kenwood neighborhood of Minneapolis was used for <em>The Mary Tyler Moore Show</em>.  In the show, Mary had an apartment on the third floor.

These days it's a single family home that sold for $2.8 million in 2007.  View more <a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/2013/01/07/the-mary-tyler-moore-show-house-for-sale-in-minneapolis/" target="_blank">pictures here</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-mary-tyler-moore-show/mary-tyler-moore-house/detail-1916</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2013 22:10:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;occupy! the musical&quot; : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/occupy-the-musical</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Banksy called his October 4th series a Broadway makeover. 

This one, buffed almost immediately, was on Broadway and Hewes St.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/occupy-the-musical/detail-1915</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2013 01:09:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;playground mob the musical&quot; : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/playground-mob-the-musical</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Here's the location for the second of Banksy's three October 4th pieces for BETTER OUT THAN IN. He stenciled "The Musical" over the existing tag "Playground Mob." 

You can find it on Bowery and Delancey St. in New York's Lower East Side.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/playground-mob-the-musical/detail-1914</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2013 01:01:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;dirty underwear the musical&quot; : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/dirty-underwear-the-musical</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the Brooklyn location for three pieces Banksy did for October 4 as part of his 2013 New York show BETTER OUT THAN IN. For these he tagged existing graffiti (in this case "Dirty Underwear" on the wall of a laundromat) with a stencil for "The Musical."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/dirty-underwear-the-musical/detail-1913</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2013 22:19:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;you complete me...&quot; : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/you-complete-me</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the location of piece number 3 in Banksy's BETTER OUT THAN IN October 2013 'show' in New York.

It's a stencil of a dog peeing on a hydrant. Visit <a href="http://banksy.co.uk/2013/10/03/midtown" target="_blank">his site</a> for an audio guide.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/you-complete-me/detail-1912</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 23:11:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;this is my new york accent...&quot; : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/this-is-my-new-york-accent</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Here is the location of number 2 in Banksy's October 2013 New York series. It's a graffiti tag that says "THIS IS MY NEW YORK ACCENT <em>...normally I write like this</em>."

I probably don't need to say it, but none of these will last very long. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/this-is-my-new-york-accent/detail-1911</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:50:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;graffiti is a crime&quot; : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/graffiti-is-a-crime</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Street artist Banksy ran wild in New York in October 2013 adding a new piece each day somewhere in the city for a real-time show he called BETTER OUT THAN IN.

Here's the former location of day 1, a street urchin standing on his friend's back pointing to a sign that reads "GRAFFITI IS A CRIME." 

It's already been painted over, but you can listen to the <a href="http://banksy.co.uk/2013/10/01/the-street-is-in-play" target="_blank">audio guide on his site</a> for some tongue-in-cheek info about the piece.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/graffiti-is-a-crime/detail-1910</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:44:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where bruiser brody was stabbed : bruiser brody]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/bruiser-brody/where-bruiser-brody-was-stabbed</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Frank Goodish, a 6'8" giant best known as Bruiser Brody, wrestled in the NWA, the AWA, the WWWF and many other promotions during the territory days of the 70s and 80s. 

In 1988 Brody traveled to Puerto Rico for a show on July 16 at Juan Ram&oacute;n Loubriel Stadium in Bayam&oacute;n. In the locker room before the show he was stabbed by a wrestler named Invader (real name Jos&eacute; Gonz&aacute;lez). Brody died at the hospital early the next morning. 

Gonz&aacute;lez was charged with the murder and claimed self-defense. In spite of the controversy surrounding his motives for killing Brody, Gonz&aacute;lez was acquitted after a trial in Puerto Rico the following year.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/bruiser-brody/where-bruiser-brody-was-stabbed/detail-1909</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 21:38:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where owen hart died : owen hart]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/owen-hart/where-owen-hart-died</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Owen Hart fell to his death at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City on May 23, 1999 during WWF's Over the Edge pay-per-view. 

Hart had recently reprised the masked Blue Blazer gimmick that he used when he first debuted in the WWF over ten years before. A stunt was planned where he would descend from the ceiling in a harness and grapple line before his match, but he ended up accidentally falling over fifty feet into the ring. 

Luckily the arena house lights were down at the time while a backstage promo aired and no footage exists of the fall.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/owen-hart/where-owen-hart-died/detail-1908</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 22:34:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the site of ric flair&#039;s 1975 plane crash : ric flair]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/ric-flair/the-site-of-ric-flairs-1975-plane-crash</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This was back in the days when all the marks still thought pro wrestling was real. The hospital staff panicked when Wahoo McDaniel, currently feuding with Flair, showed up at the hospital to visit him. 

Johnny Valentine was in the middle of a feud with Tim Woods (aka Mr. Wrestling) at the time of the crash. The company feared that exposing the business as a work would be a catastrophe, and they went out of their way to make sure the public didn't know that the two had been traveling together. Woods was the only one to walk away from the crash, and he made some appearances shortly after to convince the fans he hadn't been on that plane, thus saving the reputation of the wrestling business forever.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/ric-flair/the-site-of-ric-flairs-1975-plane-crash/detail-1906</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:39:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jesse hall : stoner, john williams]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/stoner-john-williams/jesse-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>Stoner got up quietly, dressed in the dark, and went out of the room without awakening her. He walked the still, empty streets of Columbia until the first gray light began in the east; then he made his way to the University campus. He sat on the stone steps in front of Jesse Hall and watched the light from the east creep upon the great stone columns in the center of the quad. He thought of the fire that, before he was born, had gutted and ruined the old building; and he was distantly saddened by the view of what remained. When it was light he let himself into the hall and went to his office where he waited until his first class began.</em>

&ndash; <em>Stoner</em>, John Williams]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/stoner-john-williams/jesse-hall/detail-1905</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2013 07:31:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;the church&quot; (former) : black flag]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/black-flag/the-church-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the former location of "The Church," a Hermosa Beach hub for the West Coast's early punk rock scene. The former Baptist church was in disrepair in the late 70s when the owners began to rent it out to musicians and artists. Black Flag used it as a practice space and Ron Reyes lived in the church after he took over as Black Flag's frontman in 1979. 

A steakhouse, complete with graffitied walls intended to honor the punk spirit of the former location, now occupies the spot where the church used to be.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/black-flag/the-church-former/detail-1904</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 18:42:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[donnelly&#039;s pub : kurt vonnegut]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/kurt-vonnegut/donnellys-pub</link>
				<description><![CDATA[While teaching at the Iowa Writer's Workshop, Kurt Vonnegut hung out at Donnelly's Pub in Iowa City.  He recommended it<a href="http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/the_vault/2012/11/20/Vonnegut.jpg.CROP.article920-large.jpg" target="_blank"> in a letter</a> to a new faculty member.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/kurt-vonnegut/donnellys-pub/detail-1903</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:05:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ibm watson laboratory  : computers, programming languages]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/computers-programming-languages/ibm-watson-laboratory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1954, John Backus (and a team of developers) invented the Fortran programming language at the IBM Watson Laboratory on the Columbia University campus. Fortran was the first high level programming language, and it's still used in scientific and industrial applications today.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/computers-programming-languages/ibm-watson-laboratory/detail-1902</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:44:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[los cerrillos : young guns]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/young-guns/los-cerrillos</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The town of Los Cerrillos (or just Cerrillos if you're a local) was a filming location for the 1988 film <em>Young Guns</em>.  Standing in for Lincoln, NM, the town of Los Cerrillos was a mining boom town in the late 19th century.  Today, the Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum contains many mining and Old West artifacts, as well as information on <em>Young Guns</em>.  Many scenes from the film were shot in and around Cerrillos, including the peyote-eating scene.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/young-guns/los-cerrillos/detail-1901</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:13:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lifestylez ov da poor &amp; dangerous album cover  : big l]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/big-l/lifestylez-ov-da-poor-dangerous-album-cover</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The photo on the cover of Big L's 1995 debut <em>Lifestylez ov da Poor &amp; Dangerous</em> was taken on the corner of Lenox Avenue and West 139th Street in Harlem. 

On the album Big L calls 139 and Lenox the "Danger Zone," which I guess it is. In 1999 he was shot and killed during a drive-by not even a block away when he was only 24. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/big-l/lifestylez-ov-da-poor-dangerous-album-cover/detail-1900</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 01:57:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mtv headquarters : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/mtv-headquarters</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Spyke and Iris bring the battle to MTV headquarters (Viacom building) in NYC to make them play music on their channel again in Season 3, Epidsode 2 of <em>Portlandia</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/mtv-headquarters/detail-1899</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:50:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[yoga pearl : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/yoga-pearl</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sandra (Carrie Brownstein) settles into a 4-5 hour yoga meditation at Yoga Pearl during Season 3, Episode 2 of <em>Portlandia</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/yoga-pearl/detail-1898</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:38:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[belulahland : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/belulahland</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Lance Bangs is drinking a beer at Belulahland when he's asked to look at a studio that uses the same equipment that they used on <em>Pet Sounds</em> in Season 3, Episode 1 of <em>Portlandia</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/belulahland/detail-1897</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 09:42:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[comfy inn : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/comfy-inn</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nance finds Peter at the Comfy Inn after his pasta bender in Episode 1, Season 3 of <em>Portlandia</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/comfy-inn/detail-1896</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 09:28:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fisherman&#039;s porch (exterior) : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/fishermans-porch-exterior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exterior scenes for Portland's hottest new brunch spot Fisherman's Porch in <em>Portlandia's</em> "Brunch Village" episode were filmed outside Good Neighbor Pizzeria in Northeast Portland.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/fishermans-porch-exterior/detail-1895</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 20:40:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ed&amp;rsquo;s cafe : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/eds-cafe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[While they are waiting in line, Ed Begley, Jr. tricks Fred and Carrie into eating at his cafe in <em>Portlandia's</em> "Brunch Village" episode. Don't be fooled by the magic of editing. Patties Home Plate Cafe where they filmed this is about five miles away from where they shot the scenes for <a href="/locations/television/portlandia/fishermans-porch-exterior">Fisherman's Porch.</a>

<em>I guess it's a restaurant. It also seems like a drugstore.</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/eds-cafe/detail-1894</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 20:38:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[portland art museum : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/portland-art-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The valet bike parking for the art opening in <em>Portlandia</em> where the valets have trouble remembering where they put Johnny Marr's bike was located in front of the Portland Art Museum's Mark Building downtown. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/portland-art-museum/detail-1893</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:59:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[oregon historical society : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/oregon-historical-society</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>Portlandia's</em> Lewis and Clark skit was filmed at the Oregon Historical Society in downtown Portland.

Fun Fact:
Portland's founders Francis Pettygrove and Asa Lovejoy (from Portland, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts respectively) each wanted to name the future Portlandia after his home town. They flipped a coin (best two out of three) to decide which it should be, and Pettygrove won. You can see the 'Portland Penny' that kept Portland from being named Boston in the Oregon Historical Society's Museum.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/oregon-historical-society/detail-1892</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:51:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[arlene schnitzer concert hall : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/arlene-schnitzer-concert-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Fred and Carrie run past the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in downtown Portland during their Olympics protest in <em>Portlandia</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/arlene-schnitzer-concert-hall/detail-1891</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:28:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[federal building : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/federal-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Two designers in season 2 of <em>Portlandia</em> give a presentation at downtown Portland's Federal Building for a park to commemorate the fictional Mayor Lipsy. The 511 Federal Building, originally a post office, opened in 1919 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/federal-building/detail-1890</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:25:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rock n&#039; rose vintage : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/rock-n-rose-vintage</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Employees at Rock n' Rose Vintage mock a woman&rsquo;s used clothes in <em>Portlandia</em> season 2. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/rock-n-rose-vintage/detail-1889</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:22:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 girls, two shirts : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/2-girls-two-shirts</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Carrie and Miranda July briefly occupy a storefront in this building on Burnside in <em>Portlandia</em> season 2 with their business 2 Girls, Two Shirts.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/2-girls-two-shirts/detail-1888</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:51:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bagdad theater : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/bagdad-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Catnap sells out Southeast Portland's Bagdad Theater in season 2 of <em>Portlandia</em>. The theater opened in 1927 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/bagdad-theater/detail-1887</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:45:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[odango salon : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/odango-salon</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Carrie and Fred talk about Carrie's sister's new jewelry career while getting their hair cut at Odango in <em>Portlandia</em> season 2.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/odango-salon/detail-1886</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:42:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[copypilot : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/copypilot</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Peter and Nance make their Portland Timbers sign at North Portland's Copypilot in season 2 of <em>Portlandia</em>. Byaaay!]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/copypilot/detail-1885</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:40:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[viscount dance studios : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/viscount-dance-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>Portlandia's</em> short season 2 skit at Viscount Dance Studios was filmed here on East Burnside.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/viscount-dance-studios/detail-1884</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:38:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[olympic provisions : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/olympic-provisions</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The dream of the 1890s is alive at Olympic Provisions in Portland.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/olympic-provisions/detail-1883</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 19:52:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[trek in the park : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/trek-in-the-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Trek in the Park is a real thing put on by theater company Atomic Arts during the summer. So far they have performed the classic Star Trek episodes "Amok Time", "Space Seed", "Mirror Mirror", "Journey to Babel" and  "The Trouble With Tribbles."

In 2012 Trek in the Park relocated to <a href="/locations/television/portlandia/cathedral-park">Cathedral Park</a>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/trek-in-the-park/detail-1881</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 19:45:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[portland pd : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/portland-pd</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Portland Police Bureau's Training Division was used for the Portland PD building in season 2 of <em>Portlandia</em> when Fred and Carrie are helping rebrand Portland's police department.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/portland-pd/detail-1880</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 19:40:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[shooting star preschool : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/shooting-star-preschool</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>Portlandia's</em> helicopter parents work hard to get Grover into Shooting Star Preschool in season 2. These scenes were shot at Buckman Elementary (long name: Buckman Arts Focus Elementary School) in Southeast Portland.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/shooting-star-preschool/detail-1878</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2013 19:42:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[normandale park : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/normandale-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dave and Kath bring their rescue dog Quicksilver to the Normandale Park dog park in season 2 of <em>Portlandia</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/normandale-park/detail-1877</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2013 19:39:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jackpot records : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/jackpot-records</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is Jackpot Records, the record store at the beginning of <em>Portlandia's</em> 'DJ Night' sketch. You can find the Waffle Window where Fred and Carrie are accosted by even more aspiring DJs half a block away.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/jackpot-records/detail-1876</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2013 19:36:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cathedral park : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/cathedral-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Spyke and Irys's rehearsal unification ceremony in <em>Portlandia</em> season 2 takes place in Cathedral Park in North Portland.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/cathedral-park/detail-1875</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:46:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[zupan&#039;s : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/zupans</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jack McBrayer forgets his bag at the Zupan's on Belmont in season 2 of <em>Portlandia</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/zupans/detail-1874</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:44:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[d. d. bridal boutique : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/d-d-bridal-boutique</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Spyke and Irys plan their impending nuptials at D. D. Bridal Boutique in season 2 of <em>Portlandia</em>. D.D. is Divine Designs in downtown Portland.

P.S. Oregon has no sales tax, so out-of-state brides love the savings!]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/d-d-bridal-boutique/detail-1873</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:41:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[artisan knots : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/artisan-knots</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jeff Goldblum's knot store Artisan Knots in <em>Portlandia</em> season 2 was filmed at Paxton Gate, a 'treasures and oddities' store in North Portland.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/artisan-knots/detail-1872</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:36:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[around the world in 80 plates : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/around-the-world-in-80-plates</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In season 2 of <em>Portlandia</em>, Fred and Carrie, waited on by <a href="http://www.nerdist.com/podcast/the-indoor-kids/" target="_blank">Indoor Kid</a> Kumail Nanjiani, eat (or at least attempt to eat) at the fictional Around The World in 80 Plates during their quest to track down mixologist Andy Samberg in SoCal. 

This was filmed at Portland's Newport Seafood Grill in Lloyd Center.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/around-the-world-in-80-plates/detail-1871</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 03:18:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mint (interior) : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/mint-interior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The interior scenes of North Portland's <a href="/locations/television/portlandia/mint">Mint</a> in <em>Portlandia</em> Season 2 Ep. 1 were filmed at the Old Town bar Central (currently Harlem). ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/mint-interior/detail-1870</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 03:12:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mint : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/mint</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Mixologist Andy Samberg makes Carrie something special at Portland's Mint in season 2 of <em>Portlandia</em>. The interior scenes were actually filmed at <a href="/locations/television/portlandia/mint-interior">an Old Town bar</a> (formerly Central and currently Harlem) in Southwest Portland.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/mint/detail-1869</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 03:10:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lyme park : the awakening (2011)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-awakening-2011/lyme-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The suspense-horror film <em>The Awakening</em> used the house at Lyme Park as the boys' boarding school exterior.  

The house dates back to the 16th century, and is currently protected by the National Trust.  No word on if it's really haunted...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-awakening-2011/lyme-park/detail-1868</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2013 04:01:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bordo poniente landfill : elysium ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/elysium/bordo-poniente-landfill</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Formerly serving Mexico City and the second largest landfill in the world, Bordo Poniente was also the filming location for the dystopian Los Angeles of the future in the 2013 film <em>Elysium</em>.  

The crew filmed at the dump for two weeks, and the 975 acre landfill was unceremoniously closed shortly after the shoot.  Today, Bordo Poniente is undergoing a clean-up effort from the Mexican government and the Clinton Foundation.  
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/elysium/bordo-poniente-landfill/detail-1867</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:47:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where woodward met with &#039;deep throat&#039; : watergate scandal]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/watergate-scandal/where-woodward-met-with-deep-throat</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In late 1972 through 1973 <em>Washington Post</em> reporter Bob Woodward met six times with his source 'Deep Throat' at a parking garage (specifically spot 32D) at this location in Arlington, Virginia. With Deep Throat's information, President Nixon's role in the Watergate coverup was exposed which led to Nixon's resignation in 1974. 

In 2005 it was revealed that Deep Throat was Mark Felt, the FBI's number two man at the time. 

A historical marker marks the spot where they met. As of 2013 the garage is still standing, although there are rumors that it will soon be torn down.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/watergate-scandal/where-woodward-met-with-deep-throat/detail-1866</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 03:30:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bletchley park : angelmaker, nick harkaway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/angelmaker-nick-harkaway/bletchley-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>And yes, of course, Joe remembers Bletchley, with its mysterious Nissen huts in various stages of decay, surrounded by suspect little hills which were clearly anything but, and the sprawling red-brick house which had been home to the greatest mathematicians an embattled Britain could lay hands on.</em>

&ndash; <em>Angelmaker</em>, Nick Harkaway

The U.K.'s codebreakers cracked codes here during World War II. It's currently a museum.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/angelmaker-nick-harkaway/bletchley-park/detail-1865</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 08:27:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[smallville bridge : man of steel (2013)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/man-of-steel-2013/smallville-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A young Clark Kent saves a busload of his classmates when it drives off the Serena Bridge into the Fox River, east of Serena on Hwy 52.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/man-of-steel-2013/smallville-bridge/detail-1864</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:09:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[smallville, ks : man of steel (2013)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/man-of-steel-2013/smallville-ks</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The downtown of Plano, Illinois was a filming location for <em>Man of Steel</em>, standing in for Superman's hometown of Smallville, Kansas.

The storefronts of 7-11, Sears, and IHOP were added as instantly recognizable symbols of Americana (as well as lucrative product placement), only to be immediately destroyed by Kryptonian fisticuffs.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/man-of-steel-2013/smallville-ks/detail-1863</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:59:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where walt buried the money? : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/where-walt-buried-the-money</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Don't expect to find the location of Walt's buried money from season 5 of <em>Breaking Bad</em> by following his GPS coordinates. The coordinates +34&deg; 59' 20.00", -106&deg; 36' 52" are an easter egg that lead to Albuquerque Studios where much of <em>Breaking Bad</em> was filmed.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/where-walt-buried-the-money/detail-1862</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 05:33:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kramler building : the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-amazing-adventures-of-kavalier-and-clay/kramler-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From the novel: 

<em>"The offices of the Empire Novelty Company, Inc., were on the fourth floor of the Kramler Building, in a hard-luck stretch of Twenty-fifth Street near Madison Square. A fourteen-story office block faced with stone the color of a stained shirt collar, its windows bearded with soot, ornamented with a smattering of modern zigzags, the Kramler stood out as a lone gesture of commercial hopefulness..."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-amazing-adventures-of-kavalier-and-clay/kramler-building/detail-1860</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 07:22:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[latin quarter (former) : the golden age of hip hop]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-golden-age-of-hip-hop/latin-quarter-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the former Times Square location of the Latin Quarter. The nightclub dates back to 1942, but the few short years from '85 to '89 was when it earned its status as a legendary hip hop hotspot. 

EPMD, the Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, X Clan and many others all got their start playing shows at the LQ during hip hop's golden age. MC Hammer was booed here during his first New York appearance, but then again even Public Enemy was told to get off the stage by Melle Mel when they played the LQ to promote <em>Yo! Bum Rush the Show</em>. 

The Latin Quarter is mentioned in songs by PE, Ice T, BDP and 3rd Bass among others. The building was torn down in 1989. The club reopened in 2003 on the East Side, and that location is notorious for being the place where Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-golden-age-of-hip-hop/latin-quarter-former/detail-1858</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 07:08:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[quality cafe : training day]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/training-day/quality-cafe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Denzel and the rookie have breakfast here at LA's Quality Cafe at the beginning of Training Day. It is no longer a functioning diner, but it still shows up in plenty of movies including <a href="/locations/movies/seven/quality-coffee-shop">Seven</a>, Ghost World, (500) Days of Summer and many others.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/training-day/quality-cafe/detail-1853</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:04:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the matrix (former) : hunter s. thompson, jefferson airplane]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson-jefferson-airplane/the-matrix-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1965 to 1972, this location was the headquarters to the "San Francisco Sound" called The Matrix.  Several blues and psychedelic bands played the venue in the 60s, and Jefferson Airplane was the house band from 1965 to 1966.

According to the movie <em>Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson</em>, HST would frequent The Matrix and had a crush on J.A. lead singer, Grace Slick.

A memorable scene from <em>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas</em> recreates a flashback from the bathroom of The Matrix with Johnny Depp and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson-jefferson-airplane/the-matrix-former/detail-1852</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 09:47:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[harmar mall : har mar superstar]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/har-mar-superstar/harmar-mall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The raison d'&ecirc;tre of the nom de guerre <em>Har Mar Superstar</em> (singer/songwriter/international sex symbol). 

Disclaimer: speaking French at this mall will most likely get you beat up.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/har-mar-superstar/harmar-mall/detail-1851</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 09:33:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cheetahs : har mar superstar]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/har-mar-superstar/cheetahs</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The video for Har Mar Superstar's 'Lady, You Shot Me' off of 2013's <em>Bye Bye 17</em> was filmed here at The World Famous Cheetahs, a gentlemen's club in Los Angeles.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouuqJ0pkWvU" target="_blank">Watch the video for 'Lady, You Shot Me'</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/har-mar-superstar/cheetahs/detail-1850</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 01:48:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[elgin air force base : hunter s. thompson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/elgin-air-force-base</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1956, Hunter S. Thompson was in the Air Force and transferred to Elgin Air Force Base.  He began taking classes at Florida State University, and became the sports editor of the base newspaper, <em>The Command Courier</em>.  During this time, he followed the base football team (the Elgin Eagles) around the country, covering their games. In early 1957, Thompson started writing an uncredited sports column for <em>The Playground News</em> out of Fort Walton Beach, FL.

Thompson was honorably discharged from the Air Force in June of 1958.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/elgin-air-force-base/detail-1849</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 06:34:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bryant junior high school (former) : oregon trail]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/oregon-trail/bryant-junior-high-school-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the fall of 1971, three student teachers (Bill Heinemann, Paul Dillenberger and Don Rawitsch) were trying to figure out how to make the historical subject unit of &ldquo;The Western Expansion of the Mid-19th Century" more interesting to students.

Rawitsch was already developing a board game, but they came up with the idea of making it into a video game.  Computers were rare in those days, but the crew used a teletype computer in a former janitor's broom closet at Bryant Junior High School to crank out an early prototype of the video game in 2 weeks: <em>Oregon Trail</em> was born.

The success of the game grew rapidly, the ownership of the game and the company changed hands several times.  <em>Oregon Trail</em> helped to begin an era of educational video games and still remains popular to this day.

Source: <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/51930/legend-oregon-trail" target="_blank">Mental Floss</a>
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/oregon-trail/bryant-junior-high-school-former/detail-1848</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 05:32:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[royalton hotel : hunter s. thompson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/royalton-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After the aftermath of the Kentucky Derby in 1970, Thompson flew to Manhattan ("as soon as he could walk").  

Warren Hinckle, editor of <em>Scanlan's Monthly</em> at the time, put HST in the Royalton Hotel where:

 <em>"...where we locked him down for five days in a room in the Royalton Hotel, just up 44th Street from the Scanlan's office in an abandoned ballroom above an Irish bar a block from Times Square."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/royalton-hotel/detail-1846</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 02:13:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the pendennis club : hunter s. thompson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/the-pendennis-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Pendennis Club is a members-only social club located in Louisville, KY.

In the debauchery of Hunter S. Thompson's "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved," Thompson and Ralph Steadman arrive at The Pendennis Club:

<em>"One of my clearest memories of that vicious time is Ralph being attacked by one of my old friends in the billiard room of the Pendennis Club in downtown Louisville on Saturday night. The man had ripped his own shirt open to the waist before deciding that Ralph wasn't after his wife. No blows were struck, but the emotional effects were massive. 

Then, as a sort of final horror, Steadman put his fiendish pen to work and tried to patch things up by doing a little sketch of the girl he'd been accused of hustling. That finished us in the Pendennis."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/the-pendennis-club/detail-1845</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 02:02:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hunter thompson mural : hunter s. thompson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/hunter-thompson-mural</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On the side of bar/restaurant in Louisville known as The Monkey Wrench, there is a mural depicting Hunter S. Thompson.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/hunter-thompson-mural/detail-1844</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2013 12:05:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[churchill downs : hunter s. thompson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/churchill-downs</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On May 2, 1970, Hunter S. Thompson arrived at Churchill Downs to cover the Kentucky Derby for <em>Scanlan's</em> magazine.  His subsequent article, <a href="http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7887639/looking-back-hunter-s-thompson-classic-story-kentucky-derby" target="_blank">"The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved,"</a> was the first time he worked with long-time collaborator- illustrator Ralph Steadman.  It is also considered to be Thompson's first widely read use of overtly unobjective, first-person "Gonzo" journalism.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/churchill-downs/detail-1843</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2013 11:44:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[petra : indiana jones and the last crusade]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade/petra</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The ancient city of Petra was founded around 312 BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans.  The famous archaeological site is also known as the Rose City due to the color of the rock out of which it is carved.

The exterior of the Al Khazneh, or The Treasury at Petra, is featured as a filming location in <em>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade</em> (*spoiler alert) as the Holy Grail's residence.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade/petra/detail-1842</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2013 11:02:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[randy savage car wreck : macho man randy savage]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/macho-man-randy-savage/randy-savage-car-wreck</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On the morning of May 20, 2011, former professional wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage was driving his Jeep Cherokee near his home in Seminole, FL when he had a heart attack and lost control of the vehicle, crashing into an oak tree in front of Bay Pines Evangelical Lutheran Church.  

He was brought to Largo Medical Center where he was pronounced dead from "atherosclerotic heart disease."  Savage was 58 years old.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/macho-man-randy-savage/randy-savage-car-wreck/detail-1841</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[owl farm : hunter s. thompson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/owl-farm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In late 1967, Hunter S. Thompson used the royalties from <em>Hell's Angels</em> to purchase a property and home outside of Woody Creek, CO.  He named it Owl Farm, and often referred to it as his "fortified compound" (located down the road from this address).

On February 20, 2005, Hunter S. Thompson died at Owl Farm from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 67 years old.

His funeral ceremony was held on the same property on August 25th of that year, when his ashes were shot out of a canon that was mounted atop a 153-foot (47 m) tower shaped like a double-thumbed fist clutching a peyote button- the symbol used for his "Freak Power" run for sheriff.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/owl-farm/detail-1840</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:49:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bell gardens high school : eddie cochran]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/bell-gardens-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1953, Eddie Cochran's family moved from Albert Lea, MN to Bell Gardens, CA.  

Cochran attended high school at this location, until he dropped out in his first year to be a professional musician.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/bell-gardens-high-school/detail-1838</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:14:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rowden hill : eddie cochran]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/rowden-hill</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On April 16, 1960, rock legend Eddie Cochran was traveling in a cab from Bristol to London with his fianc&eacute;e Sharon Sheeley, Gene Vincent, and Patrick Thompkins. 

At about 11:50 pm, the speeding taxi blew a tire just after the viaduct, just before Rowden Hill. The taxi lost control, and slammed into a light post.  Cochran attempted to shield his fianc&eacute;e and was thrown from the car, sustaining massive head injuries. 

Cochran was taken to nearby <a href="http://www.popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/st-martins-hospital-bath">St. Martin's Hospital</a> in Bath where he died the next day.  Today, there is a memorial marker dedicated to Cochran at the spot where the accident occurred. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/rowden-hill/detail-1837</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 09:24:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st martins hospital (bath) : eddie cochran]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/st-martins-hospital-bath</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At 11:50 pm on April 16, 1960, Eddie Cochran was traveling on the A4 near Chippenham after a 13 week tour of the UK, when the speeding taxi blew a tire and crashed into a lamp post on Rowden Hill.

He was taken to St Martin&rsquo;s Hospital and passed away the next day (April 17, 1960) of head injuries. A memorial stone is located in the old chapel grounds at St Martin&rsquo;s Hospital. A memorial plaque can also be found next to the sundial at the back of the old chapel.

Cochran was 21 years old and his last record "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHgO7yh06V0" target="_blank">Three Steps to Heaven</a>" went to #1 in the UK.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/st-martins-hospital-bath/detail-1836</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 11:38:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[prada marfa : elmgreen and dragset]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/elmgreen-and-dragset/prada-marfa</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This 15-by-25-foot Prada boutique just off Route 90 in West Texas is a sculpture by artists Michael Emlgreen and Ingar Dragset. It's located about 35 miles northwest of the small city of Marfa which has been a hub for modern art ever since Donald Judd moved there in the early 70s.

Prada Marfa was vandalized (since it does sit out here alone in the Texas desert) three days after it was installed in 2005, and someone ran off with the Prada shoes and handbags. The building was repaired and cleaned of graffiti, and now it's stocked with bottomless handbags that hide a theft-deterrent system... so no stealing. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/elmgreen-and-dragset/prada-marfa/detail-1835</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:29:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hunter s. thompson&#039;s apartment : hunter s. thompson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/hunter-s-thompsons-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The founder of Gonzo journalism lived at this San Francisco apartment during the days of <em>Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs.</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/hunter-s-thompsons-apartment/detail-1834</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 12:03:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eddie cochran&#039;s birthplace : eddie cochran]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/eddie-cochrans-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Early rock pioneer Eddie Cochran was born at the old Naeve Hospital in Albert Lea, MN on October 3, 1938.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/eddie-cochrans-birthplace/detail-1833</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:55:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hunter s. thompson&#039;s childhood home : hunter s. thompson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/hunter-s-thompsons-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Thompson family moved to this residence on December 2, 1943, when Hunter was six years old. 

A local blogger recounts some of Hunter's childhood <a href="http://tomeblen.bloginky.com/2008/05/07/for-sale-hunter-s-thompsons-childhood-home-bullet-holes-gates-of-hell-not-included-2/" target="_blank">stories here</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/hunter-s-thompsons-childhood-home/detail-1832</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:39:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tail fins malt shop : eddie cochran]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/tail-fins-malt-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located about 12 miles west of Eddie Cochran's birthplace, the Tail Fins Malt Shop features the Eddie Cochran Room.

A local artist creates the prints for the Eddie Cochran Festival every year, and those prints (along with various other Eddie Cochran memorabilia) are displayed at this malt shop.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/tail-fins-malt-shop/detail-1831</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2013 21:42:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[freeborn county historical society museum : eddie cochran]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/freeborn-county-historical-society-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Early rock and roll legend Eddie Cochran ("Summertime Blues", "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRjlZ8x2uQM" target="_blank">C'mon Everybody</a>") was born and raised in Albert Lea, MN.

The Freeborn County Historical Society Museum has a permanent Eddie Cochran exhibit that includes gold records, vintage 45s and 78s, memorabilia, photos, and a pair of Eddie's leather pants from his English tour.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eddie-cochran/freeborn-county-historical-society-museum/detail-1830</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2013 21:32:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[furious 6 highway : fast and furious 6]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fast-and-furious-6/furious-6-highway</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the sixth installment of the <em>Fast and Furious</em> franchise, there is a protracted car chase scene involving a tank rolling over cars on a highway.  

That scene was filmed on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.  According to <em>FF</em> director and producers, the Tenerife government pretty much gave the crew carte blanche to wreak havoc on the road.  While many of the stunts were performed on a green screen in post, the tank really did run over 250 cars.  Sweet...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fast-and-furious-6/furious-6-highway/detail-1829</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2013 05:42:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[buttercup valley, imperial sand dunes  : star wars, return of the jedi]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi/buttercup-valley-imperial-sand-dunes</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located just south of Interstate 8 near the Mexicali border is Buttercup Valley, the filming site for Jabba's Barge and the Sarlacc pit scenes from <em>Return of the Jedi</em>.

See some incredible vintage photos of <a href="http://www.propstore.com/cms/on-location-buttercup-valley-1982/" target="_blank">the filming here.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi/buttercup-valley-imperial-sand-dunes/detail-1828</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2013 05:06:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[salisbury cathedral : magna carta, jay-z]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/magna-carta-jay-z/salisbury-cathedral</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Boasting the tallest cathedral spire in the United Kingdom (23m/404 ft), the Salisbury Cathedral was completed from 1220 to 1258.

In addition, the cathedral contains the world's oldest working clock (circa 1386) and has the best surviving of the four original copies of the Magna Carta.  

The Magna Carta (written in 1215) was one of the first documents where individuals, i.e. feudal barons, asserted their rights against divine monarchy.  The lineage of the document can be directly linked to the American Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, among other documents.

In other news, Jay-Z was inspired by the lines in the Magna Carta for his new album MC/HG: "To no one will we sell, to no one will we deny or delay, right or justice."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/magna-carta-jay-z/salisbury-cathedral/detail-1827</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 07:05:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[u.s. grant hotel : comic-con]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/comic-con/us-grant-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The precursor to the San Diego Comic-Con International, known as the Golden State Comic-Con, was first held at the U.S. Grant Hotel from August 1&ndash;3, 1970.

The hotel was originally built in 1922 by Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (son of president Ulysses S. Grant) who named the hotel after his father.  The hotel is now on the U.S. National Register for Historic Places (probably not for its role in comic history, but should be).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/comic-con/us-grant-hotel/detail-1826</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 06:33:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[franconia sculpture park : sculpture]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/sculpture/franconia-sculpture-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located northeast of the Twin Cities is the <a href="http://www.franconia.org/" target="_blank">Franconia Sculpture Park</a>, a self-guided sculpture garden/artist-in-residence workshop that's free and open to the public.

From their website: <em>"Franconia Sculpture Park is an innovative community arts organization that provides residence and work space to emerging and established artists."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/sculpture/franconia-sculpture-park/detail-1825</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:17:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the new sunnydale high school : buffy the vampire slayer]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/the-new-sunnydale-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Just to keep things interesting, they built the new Sunnydale High School in season 7 of <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em> right on top of the hellmouth in the same spot as the old <a href="/locations/television/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/sunnydale-high-school">Sunnydale High School</a> that was destroyed at the end of season 3 (15-year-old spoiler... sorry). 

Exteriors were filmed on the campus of California State University, Northridge.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/the-new-sunnydale-high-school/detail-1824</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:31:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[vulcan : star trek]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/star-trek/vulcan</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Vulcan is a prairie town in Alberta, Canada. It was named after the Roman god of fire, but the small town of less than 2,000 people has since decided to capitalize on the fact that it shares a name with Spock's fictional home planet Vulcan in <em>Star Trek</em>. 

For over twenty years they have hosted the Spock Days Star Trek convention. They built a replica of the Starship Enterprise, and at the Tourism and Trek Station you can see some Star Trek memorabilia and presumably also find out about the history of the town's grain-based economy.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/star-trek/vulcan/detail-1823</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2013 02:04:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the truman house : the truman show]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-truman-show/the-truman-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Much of <em>The Truman Show</em> was shot in and around Seaside, Florida on the gulf coast. You'll find Truman's house on Natchez Street not far from the filming locations for <a href="/locations/movies/the-truman-show/seahaven-downtown">Seahaven's downtown square</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-truman-show/the-truman-house/detail-1822</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:15:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[seahaven downtown : the truman show]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-truman-show/seahaven-downtown</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although the simulated reality town of Seahaven in <em>The Truman Show</em> looks as if it could have been shot on a studio lot, it was actually filmed in Seaside, a planned community on Florida's panhandle. Seaside's central square served as Seahaven's downtown. A lot of the buildings, including Seahaven Life & Casualty where Jim Carrey worked, were just facades constructed for the movie, but if you visit, you can stop in at Modica Market (aka Goodies) where Marlon stocked shelves.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-truman-show/seahaven-downtown/detail-1821</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:07:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hamtramck disneyland : dmytro szylak]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/dmytro-szylak/hamtramck-disneyland</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This house has been the home of Dmytro Szylak since 1950.  After retiring from the General Motors assembly line in 1992, Szylak decided to turn the house into a colorful, dense, horse-filled work of art.  
While the front of the house on Klinger St has some interesting objects, the main attraction can be found in the alley.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/dmytro-szylak/hamtramck-disneyland/detail-1820</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 08:53:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ketchum hemingway house : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ketchum-hemingway-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Situated on 12 acres near the Silver Creek valley, this home was purchased by the Hemingways in 1959 after they were forced to leave Cuba abruptly.  In 1961, Ernest Hemingway committed suicide in this residence with a shotgun.

In 1989, the home was bequeathed by Mary Hemingway to the Nature Conservancy with the request that the home and site be maintained as a wilderness preserve.  However, this home is something of an anomaly for TNC, whose typical mission is not of historical preservation but of preservation of landscapes and ecosystems.

A board of directors at the Idaho Hemingway House Foundation maintains the location, and they are trying to make the home accessible as a writer's retreat or as a museum.  However, residences of the surrounding affluent neighborhood are resistant to the traffic that either of those plans would bring.  As of now, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCLgmgqxols" target="_blank">the home is vacant</a> and as it was acquired in 1986.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ketchum-hemingway-house/detail-1819</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:10:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[shawarma palace : the avengers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-avengers/shawarma-palace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the restaurant where the Avengers assemble for some shawarma after the fight in New York. The post-credit scene was filmed at Elat Burger in Los Angeles and was shot after the movie had already premiered just sixteen days before it was released.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-avengers/shawarma-palace/detail-1818</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2013 23:07:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[freewheelin&#039; dylan cover : bob dylan, jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-jimi-hendrix/freewheelin-dylan-cover</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The cover of Bob Dylan's 1964 album <em>The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan</em> was shot at Jones Street and West 4th St in NYC.  The cover photo, shot by Don Huntstein, features a then 22-year-old Dylan walk/cuddling with artist Suze Rotollo, his girlfriend from 1961 to 1964.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-jimi-hendrix/freewheelin-dylan-cover/detail-1817</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:40:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[star wars cantina exterior : star wars, a new hope]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope/star-wars-cantina-exterior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ajim, a ferry port on the island of Djerba, Tunisia, was transformed into the streets of Mos Eisely for the filming of <em>A New Hope</em>. The exterior of the cantina where Obi Wan and Luke first meet Han Solo is currently an unused building in need of repair. Interiors were shot at <a href="/locations/movies/star-wars-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-the-shining/elstree-studios">Elstree Studios</a>.

Some nerdy trivia: the full name of the cantina is Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina named after its owner, a wookie named Chalmun.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope/star-wars-cantina-exterior/detail-1816</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:37:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bantha canyon : star wars, a new hope]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope/bantha-canyon</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bantha Canyon (real name Desolation Canyon in Death Valley National Park) is where the Tusken Raiders mount their Banthas on Tatooine in <em>A New Hope</em>. The scenes immediately after this where Luke gets attacked by the Sand People were filmed in Tunisia at <a href="/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/star-wars-canyon">Star Wars Canyon</a>.

The original Bantha was an elephant draped in fur with fake horns and is one of the few creatures that Lucas didn't replace with CGI at some point in the last twenty years.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope/bantha-canyon/detail-1815</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:46:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[star wars canyon : star wars, a new hope, raiders of the lost ark]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/star-wars-canyon</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Several scenes near the beginning of <em>A New Hope</em> were filmed in and around this gorge near Tozeur in south west Tunisia earning it the nickname Star Wars Canyon. This is where R2D2 was captured by the Jawas, where Luke was attacked by the Tusken Raiders and where Obi Wan first appeared to scare the sand people off. At the mouth of the canyon is the Sandcrawler Parking Lot where the Jawas were parked when they were attacked by the Stormtroopers.

This is also where Indiana Jones stopped Belloq with the rocket launcher near the end of <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark</em>. Not far from here to the east is the location of the Tanis dig site from that movie.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/star-wars-canyon/detail-1813</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:39:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mos eisley overlook : star wars, a new hope]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope/mos-eisley-overlook</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The cliff Obi Wan and Luke are standing on when Obi Wan first shows Luke Mos Eisley in <em>A New Hope</em> is located in Tunisia at the entrance to <a href="/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/star-wars-canyon">Star Wars Canyon</a>. What they see though was filmed at Dante's View in Death Valley National Park. A matte painting of Mos Eisley in the distance was added over the view of Death Valley.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope/mos-eisley-overlook/detail-1814</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:46:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ketchum/sun valley heritage &amp; ski museum : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ketchumsun-valley-heritage-ski-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Ketchum/Sun Valley Heritage & Ski Museum features a permanent Hemingway exhibit that features photos and memorabilia of the author's years in Idaho.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ketchumsun-valley-heritage-ski-museum/detail-1811</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:18:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hemingway memorial : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/hemingway-memorial</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Northeast of Sun Valley on Trail Creek Road is the Ernest Hemingway Memorial.  Overlooking Trail Creek, the memorial was established in 1966 by Hemingway's family and friends.

The inscription on the plaque of the memorial reads: 
<em>"Best of all he loved the fall
the leaves yellow on cottonwoods
leaves floating on trout streams
and above the hills
the high blue windless skies
&hellip;Now he will be a part of them forever."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/hemingway-memorial/detail-1810</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:54:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lars homestead exterior : star wars, a new hope]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope/lars-homestead-exterior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The igloo-like exterior of the Lars Homestead from the beginning of <em>A New Hope</em> is located in the salt flats of south-west Tunisia. The crater the film crew dug gives the illusion of the underground courtyard that was actually filmed 240 km away at <a href="/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope/lars-homestead-interior">a hotel in Matmata, Tunisia</a>. 

The igloo was dismantled after the filming of <em>A New Hope</em>, but it was rebuilt in the same spot to be used in <em>Attack of the Clones</em> and <em>Revenge of the Sith</em>. After the prequels it fell into disrepair, and some Star Wars fans raised money and restored the small building in 2012.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope/lars-homestead-exterior/detail-1809</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:21:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hemingway&#039;s grave : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/hemingways-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After his death from a self-inflicted shotgun blast to the head, Ernest Hemingway was laid to rest at Ketchum Cemetery.  

At the time of the funeral, the death was reported as "accidental."  Hemingway had received several treatments of electroshock therapy at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN prior to his suicide.  

One of the theories of Hemingway's physical and mental deterioration is the genetic disease hemochromatosis, an afflication that inhibits the metabolization of iron.  This disease was diagnosed in Hemingway in 1961 and compounded by heavy drinking.  Hemingway's brother, Leicester, and sister, Ursula, also committed suicide.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/hemingways-grave/detail-1808</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:44:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lars homestead interior : star wars, a new hope]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope/lars-homestead-interior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The interior scenes of the Lars Homestead, the moisture farm on Tatooine where Luke lives with his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru at the beginning of <em>A New Hope</em>, were filmed at the Hotel Sidi Driss in Matmata, Tunisia, and Lucas and crew revisited it during the filming of the prequel <em>Attack of the Clones</em>.

Star Wars fans (or anyone for that matter, but let's be honest, it's mostly Star Wars fans) can spend the night in the hotel's underground cave-rooms and visit the Lars family kitchen and dining room. 

The aboveground <a href="/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope/lars-homestead-exterior">igloo exterior</a> in the movie is located over 240 km west near Nafta.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-a-new-hope/lars-homestead-interior/detail-1807</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:24:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pointes high school : grosse pointe blank]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/grosse-pointe-blank/pointes-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Very little of <em>Grosse Pointe Blank</em> was actually filmed in Detroit's upscale suburb Grosse Pointe. John Marshall High School in Los Angeles was used for Pointes High School where Martin Blank and Debi attend their ten-year high school reunion.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/grosse-pointe-blank/pointes-high-school/detail-1806</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:10:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[horton bay general store : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/horton-bay-general-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Established in 1876 (the same year as Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn), the Horton Bay General Store has been the hub of commerce and social life in the area for well over a century.

Ernest Hemingway used to frequent the store with his father while the family vacationed at their cottage, <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ernest-hemingway-cottage-windemere">Windmere</a>.  The store seems to be a model for many of the general stores in Hemingway's stories including "Up in Michigan" and "The Last Good Country."  The Horton Bay General Store displays various photos and memorabilia celebrating the writer.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/horton-bay-general-store/detail-1804</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:31:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[red fox inn : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/red-fox-inn</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1878, the Red Fox Inn was one of the first homes built in the area.  It was later converted into a restaurant, and Hemingway recounted his drive from the Inn to his family's cabin on Walloon Lake after his wedding in his book <em>On Writing</em>.  

Today, the Red Fox Inn also features a bookstore that specializes in Hemingway titles and memorabilia.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/red-fox-inn/detail-1803</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:14:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mos espa : star wars, the phantom menace]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-the-phantom-menace/mos-espa</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Just in case you thought the Star Wars prequels were entirely CGI, here's an actual physical set for Mos Espa used in <em>The Phantom Menace</em>. In the movie, Mos Espa is the Tatooine spaceport that was home to Anakin and Shmi Skywalker.

The facades for the buildings and some plywood moisture generators are still standing. If you're adventurous, you can find Mos Espa north of the city of Nafta in the Tunisian desert.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-the-phantom-menace/mos-espa/detail-1802</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:28:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ernest hemingway cottage (windemere) : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ernest-hemingway-cottage-windemere</link>
				<description><![CDATA[For the first twenty-two summers of his life, Ernest Hemingway would spend the summers at his family cottage on Walloon Lake in northwest Michigan, nicknamed "Windemere." 

Here is where Ernest learned to hunt and fish from his father, and where he began to write fiction. 

The Ernest Hemingway Cottage was added to the National Historic Landmark and Register list in November of 1968.  Today, the cottage is on private land and is not accessible by the public.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ernest-hemingway-cottage-windemere/detail-1801</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:45:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ernest hemingway birthplace : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ernest-hemingway-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ernest Hemingway was born in this home on July 21, 1899 to Clarence Edmonds Hemingway (a physician) and  Grace Hall-Hemingway (a musician).

The family lived in the home until Ernest was six years old, in the same conservative community as architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

In 1992, the home was purchased by the Ernest Hemingway Foundation, who redesigned the home to reflect the period of the Hemingways residence.  Today, <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-12-30/entertainment/ct-books-0101-bookplace-profile-20101230_1_clarence-hemingway-virginia-cassin-ernest-hemingway-foundation" target="blank">the home is open for tours</a> and features many artifacts from the family's life there.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ernest-hemingway-birthplace/detail-1800</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:20:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ernest hemingway museum (oak park) : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ernest-hemingway-museum-oak-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located on the first floor of the Oak Park Arts Center, the Ernest Hemingway Museum has been in operation since 1991. 

A short walk from the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace, this museum contains several kiosks, videos, photos and artifacts from the writer's life, including Hemingway's childhood diary and the famous letter from nurse Agnes von Kurowsky-later portrayed in <em>A Farewell to Arms</em>-terminating their engagement.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ernest-hemingway-museum-oak-park/detail-1799</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:05:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ernest hemingway elementary school : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ernest-hemingway-elementary-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located amid the pristine mountains of the historic Wood River Valley, Ernest Hemingway Elementary is named after the writer who made his home in the area.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ernest-hemingway-elementary-school/detail-1798</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:09:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[alpine club (former) : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/alpine-club-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Now called <a href="http://whiskeyjacques.com/" target="_blank">Whiskey Jacques</a>, this bar was formerly a quasi-legal casino known as the Alpine Club.  Ernest Hemingway used to visit the location to drink and gamble while he lived in Idaho.  Mary Hemingway described the place as "<a href="http://www.marlowcasinochips.com/links/genetrimble/alpineclub/alpineclub.htm" target="_blank">very gay and fun</a>." 

About seven blocks from here is a school named after Hemingway, the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/ernest-hemingway-elementary-school">Ernest Hemingway Elementary School</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/alpine-club-former/detail-1797</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:20:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where cliff burton died : metallica]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/metallica/where-cliff-burton-died</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Metallica bassist Cliff Burton died here in Sweden during a European tour in 1986. Burton was asleep in his bunk when the tour bus driver lost control. Burton was flung through the window and crushed under the flipped bus. The driver claimed to have hit a patch of black ice and didn't have any charges brought against him for the accident. 

In 2006, on the twentieth anniversary of his death, a memorial stone in rural Sweden near Ljungby was erected near a roadside cafe across the street from the site of the accident. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/metallica/where-cliff-burton-died/detail-1796</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 06:59:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[buffy&#039;s house : buffy the vampire slayer]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/buffys-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Sunnydale home (1630 Revello Drive) of Buffy, Joyce and Dawn in <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/buffys-house/detail-1795</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 03:06:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sun valley lodge : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/sun-valley-lodge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[As Ernest Hemingway's marriage to Pauline Pfeiffer began to dissolve in 1939, he received an invitation from the owner of the Sun Valley Lodge in Idaho to stay at the resort.  The owner thought it would be good publicity, and Hemingway stayed with his writer/journalist girlfriend Martha Gellhorn in Room 206 as he worked on the novel <em>For Whom the Bell Tolls</em>.  

Hemingway loved the Idaho landscape and people, and returned to the area often to hunt game and write.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/sun-valley-lodge/detail-1794</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 00:17:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gerhry winston guest house : frank gehry, architecture]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-gehry-architecture/gerhry-winston-guest-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Frank Gehry designed the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXHq6oYdHl8&amp;noredirect=1" target="_blank">Winston Guest House</a> as a piece of working sculpture, inspired by the Italian painter Giorgio Morandi.

The guest home stood on the banks of Lake Minnetonka, and was listed as one of the best works of 1987 by <em>Time</em> magazine.

It was given to the University of St. Thomas and moved 110 miles to the Gainey Conference Center in Owatonna, MN where it can now be toured by the public.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-gehry-architecture/gerhry-winston-guest-house/detail-1793</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 08:44:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[planetary resources : new space, space travel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/new-space-space-travel/planetary-resources</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Formerly known as Arkyd Astronautics, Planetary Resources is an asteroid mining company headed by <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-new-space/space-adventures">Space Adventures</a> CEO Eric Anderson and X PRIZE founder and chairman Dr. Peter Diamandis.

<a href="http://www.planetaryresources.com/" target="_blank">Planetary Resources</a> has a roster of advisors and investors that any tech company would envy: filmmaker James Cameron, Google inventor Larry Page and CEO Eric Schmidt, and billionaire heir Ross Perot, Jr.

The mission statement of Planetary Resources?- "<em>Harnessing valuable minerals from a practically infinite source will provide stability on Earth, increase humanity&rsquo;s prosperity, and help establish and maintain human presence in space.</em>"]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/new-space-space-travel/planetary-resources/detail-1792</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 20:38:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[space adventures : space travel, new space]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-new-space/space-adventures</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded by Eric Anderson in 1998 (two years after he graduated college), Space Adventures specializes in space tourism.  Specifically, the company books passage on Russian spaceflights for space tourists and organizes all the necessary training.

<a href="http://www.spaceadventures.com/index.cfm" target="_blank">Space Adventures</a> had the world's first space tourist, entrepreneur Dennis Tito, as a client in 2001.  They continue to plan for zero-G flights, suborbital and orbital spaceflights, and hope to provide the world's first private lunar mission.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-new-space/space-adventures/detail-1791</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 19:40:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paradise rock club : u2]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/u2/paradise-rock-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[U2's live album <em>Live from Boston 1981</em> was recorded at the Paradise Rock Club (at the time the Paradise Theater) on March 6, 1981 during their <em>Boy</em> Tour.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/u2/paradise-rock-club/detail-1790</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 02:03:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stitches (former) : louis c.k., sarah silverman, adam sandler]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/louis-ck-sarah-silverman-adam-sandler/stitches-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I don't know if you can call the open mic night at Stitches in Boston legendary, but it is where Louis C.K., Sarah Silverman, Adam Sandler and many other aspiring comics got on stage for the very first time in the 80s. Amateurs were given five minutes. Louis C.K. bombed and left the stage after a minute and half, but Sarah Silverman has said her set the first time up 'was pretty successful.'

The comedy club used to be located in the front room (currently the Paradise Lounge) of the Paradise Rock Club.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/louis-ck-sarah-silverman-adam-sandler/stitches-former/detail-1789</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 01:56:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stitches : louis c.k., sarah silverman, adam sandler]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/louis-ck-sarah-silverman-adam-sandler/stitches</link>
				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/louis-ck-sarah-silverman-adam-sandler/stitches/detail-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[national ignition facility : star trek into darkness]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-trek-into-darkness/national-ignition-facility</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Many of the high-tech interiors of the Enterprise in J.J. Abrams&rsquo; Star Trek sequel <em>Star Trek Into Darkness</em> were filmed at the National Ignition Facility, part of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory near San Francisco.

This was the first time a movie had been allowed to shoot at the NIF. The research facility is home to the world's largest and most energetic laser system, which they are using to attempt nuclear fusion. Like the Enterprise, it's also fueled by the hydrogen isotope deuterium. Way cooler than the <a href="/locations/movies/star-trek-2009/enterprises-engine-room">Anheuser-Busch brewery</a> used for the first movie.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-trek-into-darkness/national-ignition-facility/detail-1787</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:29:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[enterprise&#039;s engine room : star trek (2009)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-trek-2009/enterprises-engine-room</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Anheuser-Busch brewery in Van Nuys, California was used for scenes of the Enterprise's engine room in the first J.J. Abrams&rsquo; Star Trek movie. For the sequel <em>Star Trek Into Darkness</em>, they upgraded and filmed the Enterprise interiors at the <a href="/locations/movies/star-trek-into-darkness/national-ignition-facility">National Ignition Facility</a> at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-trek-2009/enterprises-engine-room/detail-1786</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:25:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nohmul complex : mayan culture, archaeology]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/mayan-culture-archaeology/nohmul-complex</link>
				<description><![CDATA[If you are walking around the village of Douglas in northeastern Belize and you admire the roads, that's because they are the remnants of a Mayan pyramid (c. 350 BC to 250 AD) that were bulldozed to make road fill.

The pyramid, now 70% destroyed, was on private land nearby.  It was approximately 50 by 52 meters and was 8 meters tall.  

The cultural heritage site was unmistakable, and the construction company knew they were destroying an ancient ruin to pave a road.  Unfortunately, this is not new in Belize.  As Professor Norman Hammond of Boston University put it to the AP, "bulldozing Maya mounds for road fill is an endemic problem in Belize."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/mayan-culture-archaeology/nohmul-complex/detail-1785</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:51:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hotel ambos mundos : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/hotel-ambos-mundos</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This 1920s hotel was frequented by Ernest Hemingway during the 1930s, while he wrote large portions of <em>For Whom the Bell Tolls</em>.
  
His room of choice, #511, is now a museum dedicated to the writer.  Large black and white photographs of Hemingway adorn the hotel's lobby, and the rooftop restaurant serves a Hemingway Special (fish and rice).
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/hotel-ambos-mundos/detail-1784</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:24:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[new zealand consulate : flight of the conchords]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/flight-of-the-conchords/new-zealand-consulate</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jemaine and Bret often go to the New Zealand Consulate (actually, the East Broadway Medical Association building) to meet with their band manager, Murray, in <em>Flight of the Conchords</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/flight-of-the-conchords/new-zealand-consulate/detail-1783</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:22:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dave&#039;s pawn shop : flight of the conchords]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/flight-of-the-conchords/daves-pawn-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the HBO show <em>Flight of the Conchords</em>, this is the location of Mohumbhai and Son's Pawn Shop where Jemaine and Bret's buddy, Dave, works.  

In real-life, this is the home to Roger TV Services where you can buy TVs and air conditioners.  They also sell DVD versions of the show here.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/flight-of-the-conchords/daves-pawn-shop/detail-1782</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:13:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[museo ernest hemingway : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/museo-ernest-hemingway</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Finca Vig&iacute;a (English translation- Lookout Farm) is where Ernest Hemingway made his occasional home from 1939 to 1960.   At this location, he wrote seven books, including <em>The Old Man and the Sea, A Moveable Feast</em> and <em>Islands in the Stream</em>.

Today, Finca Vig&iacute;a is the home of the Cuban Museo Ernest Hemingway.  The walls are covered with his hunting trophies and his books still line the shelves, and his fishing boat is outside.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/museo-ernest-hemingway/detail-1781</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 03:31:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the hemingway-pfeiffer museum : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/the-hemingway-pfeiffer-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1927, Ernest Hemingway married Pauline Pfeiffer of Piggott, Arkansas.  She was a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism in 1918, and was working with the Paris Vogue magazine when they met at a party.

The couple was married from 1927-1940, and the Pfeiffer family financed much of Hemingway's writing career- purchasing the couple a car and <a href="http://www.popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/the-hemingway-home" target="_blank">a home in Florida</a>.

Hemingway wrote much of <em>A Farewell to Arms</em> in the barn studio of this residence, and today it is a museum and educational center.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/the-hemingway-pfeiffer-museum/detail-1780</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:29:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mus&amp;eacute;e m&amp;eacute;canique (former) : neutral milk hotel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/neutral-milk-hotel/musee-mecanique-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The inspiration for the once untitled 10th track on <em>In the Aeroplane Over the Sea</em>. 

The band would visit this collection of arcade oddities when touring the Bay Area. On one visit, Jeff Mangum encountered a young girl who resembled the object of his obsession, Anne Frank.

The museum has moved from its Cliff House location that NMH visited to its current location in the Fisherman&rsquo;s Wharf district.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/neutral-milk-hotel/musee-mecanique-former/detail-1779</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 08:11:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mus&amp;eacute;e m&amp;eacute;canique : neutral milk hotel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/neutral-milk-hotel/musee-mecanique</link>
				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/neutral-milk-hotel/musee-mecanique/detail-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[empire hotel : vertigo]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/vertigo/empire-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Judy Barton's hotel in the film.

Location now operates under the name Hotel Vertigo and plays the film on a continuous loop.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/vertigo/empire-hotel/detail-1777</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 09:10:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hemingway bar, ritz hotel : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/hemingway-bar-ritz-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ernest "Pappa" Hemingway roamed the streets of Paris in the 1920s with other ex-pat writers like Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ford Maddox Ford- but he could only afford to drink at the Ritz Hotel on the Place Vend&ocirc;me once a week.  After a couple of best-sellers, he had a bit more spending money, but by that time the Germans had decided to borrow France for awhile.

Big Pappa didn't appreciate that, so when D-Day came he decided to play soldier as a war correspondent for <em>Collier's</em> magazine.  By most accounts, he did a pretty good job- rounding up a gang of Resistance fighters and outfitting them, then drinking at caf&eacute;s and wine cellars while dodging German snipers on the way to Paris.  Their mission: to liberate the Ritz.

On August 25, 1944, while Gen. Jacques Leclerc's 2nd French Armored Division and a number of American units liberated Paris, Hemingway and his band of freedom fighters liberated the Ritz.

Read <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Liberating-France-Hemingway-s-way-Following-2731590.php#page-4" target="_blank">the article</a> here.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/hemingway-bar-ritz-hotel/detail-1776</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 08:03:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[marcy playground : marcy playground]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/marcy-playground/marcy-playground</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The band Marcy Playground is named after the playground of the Marcy Open School where lead singer and guitarist John Wozniak attended as a youth.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/marcy-playground/marcy-playground/detail-1775</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 00:02:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[vesuvio cafe : jack kerouac, allen ginsberg, the beats]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac-allen-ginsberg-the-beats/vesuvio-cafe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1948 by Henri Lenoir, the Vesuvio Cafe became a popular hangout for Beat writers like Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassidy.

From the Vesuvio website:
 
<em>"On October 17, 1955, Neal Cassady, the real life Dean Moriarty of the quintessential Beat classic</em> On the Road<em>, stopped at Vesuvio on the way to the now legendary Six Gallery for a poetry reading, and the place has never been the same. It became a regular hangout of Jack Kerouac and other famous Beat poets and has become ground zero for pilgrims on the Beat trail ever since."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac-allen-ginsberg-the-beats/vesuvio-cafe/detail-1774</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 12:20:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ jack kerouac alley  : jack kerouac, the beats]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac-the-beats/jack-kerouac-alley</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located between the <a href="http://www.popturf.com/locations/literature/allen-ginsberg-jack-kerouac-the-beats/city-lights-bookstore" target="_blank">City Lights Bookstore</a> and the Vesuvio Caf&eacute; in San Francisco, Alder Alley became Jack Kerouac Alley thanks to the efforts of poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1998.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac-the-beats/jack-kerouac-alley/detail-1773</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 12:09:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jack &amp; stella kerouac center for american studies  : jack kerouac, the beats]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac-the-beats/jack-stella-kerouac-center-for-american-studies</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded in 2005 with financial support from  Kerouac Estate Executor John Sampas, <a href="http://www.uml.edu/Research/Kerouac-Center/" target="_blank">the Jack & Stella Kerouac Center for American Studies</a> has the stated purpose of strengthening "the interdisciplinary study of American culture by facilitating ties between the fields of English, history, philosophy, cultural studies, art, music, sociology, and economics."

The center serves as the home for the Kerouac Writer-in-Residence program, the Kerouac Conference on Beat Literature, Kerouac Scholarships and the New England Poetry Conference.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac-the-beats/jack-stella-kerouac-center-for-american-studies/detail-1772</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 12:00:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hemlock grove high school : hemlock grove]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/hemlock-grove/hemlock-grove-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Netflix's <em>Hemlock Grove</em>, set in a fictional Pennsylvania town, was filmed mostly in Canada. Hemlock Grove High School is the Ursula Franklin Academy in Toronto.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/hemlock-grove/hemlock-grove-high-school/detail-1771</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 22:47:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sunnydale high school : buffy the vampire slayer]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/sunnydale-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Joss Whedon's <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em>, Torrance High School was the stand-in for Sunnydale High School, located right over the hellmouth in fictional Sunnydale, California.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/sunnydale-high-school/detail-1770</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 22:30:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[adam yauch park : mca, beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/mca-beastie-boys/adam-yauch-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Brooklyn Heights park (formerly Palmetto Playground and before that State Street Park) was rechristened Adam Yauch Park on May 3, 2013, the day before the one year anniversary of his death. It's located near the State St home where Beastie Boy Yauch (aka MCA) grew up.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/mca-beastie-boys/adam-yauch-park/detail-1769</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 01:20:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[city lights bookstore : allen ginsberg, jack kerouac, the beats]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/allen-ginsberg-jack-kerouac-the-beats/city-lights-bookstore</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded as an all-paperback bookstore by Peter D. Martin in 1952, the name City Lights is an homage to the Charlie Chaplin film of the same name.  Martin also used the name for a magazine he was publishing in San Francisco at the same time.

In 1953, the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti was walking by the storefront and noticed Martin hanging up a sign.  Ferlinghetti told Martin he had written for his magazine, and that he had always wanted to own a bookstore.  They both invested $500 and became partners in the store.

In 1955, Ferlinghetti heard Allen Ginsberg reciting <em>Howl</em> at the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/literature/allen-ginsberg-howl/six-gallery-former">Six Gallery</a> and offered to publish it.  The poem was published in 1956, and the resulting obscenity trial was not entirely unexpected given the prevailing attitude towards drug use and homosexuality at the time.  

The presiding judge at the obscenity trial declared that <em>Howl</em> was not obscene and that a book with &ldquo;the slightest redeeming social importance&rdquo; was guaranteed First Amendment protection.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/allen-ginsberg-jack-kerouac-the-beats/city-lights-bookstore/detail-1768</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 21:27:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the beat museum : jack kerouac, allen ginsberg, the beats]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac-allen-ginsberg-the-beats/the-beat-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 2003, the Ciminios transformed their bookstore into the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/arts/artsspecial/san-franciscos-beat-museum-welcomes-squares-too.html?_r=0" target="_blank">Beat Museum</a>.  Three years later, they moved to this two-story location in North Beach.

The Beat Museum now features several donated artifacts of the Beat era and its characters: Jack Kerouac's jacket, Neal Cassidy's referee shirt from his Ken Kesey bus-driving days, the 1949 Hudson- the same make and model that was driven in <em>On the Road</em>- used in the film version of that book and donated by creators of the film.

In addition, the museum features  more than 1,000 photos, rare books, paintings, records, and posters to show the Beats rejection of conformity, resistance to cold war mentality, and love of personal freedom.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac-allen-ginsberg-the-beats/the-beat-museum/detail-1767</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:18:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cholodecki&amp;rsquo;s jewelry store : bridesmaids (2011)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bridesmaids-2011/cholodeckis-jewelry-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This location is the exterior for the jewelry store where Annie Walker (Kristen Wiig) does a terrible job.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bridesmaids-2011/cholodeckis-jewelry-store/detail-1766</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 08:45:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jack kerouac&#039;s birthplace : jack kerouac]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/jack-kerouacs-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jean-Louis "Jack" K&eacute;rouac was born in the second story apartment of this house on March 12, 1922 <em>"at five o&rsquo;clock in the afternoon of a red-all-over supper time&rdquo;</em> (from <em>Doctor Sax</em>, published 1959).  

His parents were French Canadians, L&eacute;o-Alcide K&eacute;roack and Gabrielle-Ange L&eacute;vesque, of St-Hubert-de-Rivi&egrave;re-du-Loup in the province of Quebec, Canada.  Jack spoke French exclusively until he was seven years old.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/jack-kerouacs-birthplace/detail-1765</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 08:51:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[morgan cultural center : jack kerouac]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/morgan-cultural-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The <a href="http://www.nps.gov/lowe/historyculture/mogan-cultural-center.htm" target="_blank">Patrick J. Morgan Cultural Center</a> was opened in 1989 in a former corporate boarding house for women that worked in the textile mills of Lowell.  The center is dedicated to telling "the human story of Lowell" through community-sponsored exhibits, projects and programs.

On permanent display in the Mill Girls and Immigrants Exhibit is Jack Kerouac's typewriter, some of his camping/traveling gear, and his well-worn backpack.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/morgan-cultural-center/detail-1764</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 08:26:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nicky&#039;s bar : jack kerouac]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/nickys-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1967, Jack Kerouac moved back to Lowell, MA.  He had married Stella Sampras, his mother had suffered a stroke, and his sister had died suddenly.

While in Lowell during this period, Kerouac wrote <em>Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education, 1935-1943</em>.  He was also known to frequent Nicky's Bar at this location (currently a restaurant).
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/nickys-bar/detail-1763</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 07:57:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kerouac park : jack kerouac]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/kerouac-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located near the banks of the Merrimack River in Lowell, MA is Kerouac Park.  The park is a memorial park for the American writer, Jack Kerouac.  

The park features a sculpture display called the Jack Kerouac Commemorative.  The Commemorative was dedicated in 1988, and it contains several excerpts from Kerouac&rsquo;s writings engraved on tall granite slabs.  The spiritual imagery of the commemorative is intended to represent Kerouac's interest and writings related to Roman Catholicism and Buddhism.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/kerouac-park/detail-1762</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 07:32:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[edson cemetery : jack keouac]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-keouac/edson-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jack Kerouac was interred in his family plot at Edson Cemetery after his death from cirrhosis complications on Oct. 21, 1969.

Kerouac's funeral service was held at St. Jean Baptiste Cathedral, and his wake was held at Amedee Archambault &amp; Sons.

Located in the Sampras family plot at Lincoln Avenue between Seventh and Eighth Streets- Kerouac's grave is a low, flat marker.  

It reads: 
<em>&ldquo;Ti Jean", John L. Kerouac, Mar. 12, 1922 - October 21, 1969,  He Honored Life.</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-keouac/edson-cemetery/detail-1761</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 07:14:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[edson cemetery : jack kerouac]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/edson-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/edson-cemetery/detail-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[edson cemetery : jack kerouac]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jack-kerouac/edson-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jack-kerouac/edson-cemetery/detail-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pante&amp;oacute;n americano  : joan vollmer, william burroughs, beat writers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/joan-vollmer-william-burroughs-beat-writers/panteon-americano</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Joan Vollmer Adams-Burroughs, arguably the most prominent female member of the early Beat Generation circle, was buried in this Mexico City cemetery after she was shot in the head by her husband, William S. Burroughs, on Sep. 6, 1951.

Joan Vollmer was roommates with Edie Parker (who later became Jack Kerouac's wife) while they both attended Barnard College.  Soon the Beat circle would descend on the apartment, sparking drug-fueled marathon discussions  that Vollmer would actively participate in.  The people that frequented the apartment were many of the defining voices (and characters) of the Beat generation: William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lucien Carr, Herbert Huncke, Vickie Russell, and Hal Chase.

Vollmer became the common-law wife to the predominantly gay Burroughs.  They had one child, William Jr, and lived in several cities across North America.

On Sep. 6, 1951, an intoxicated Burroughs was trying a "William Tell routine" when he shot Vollmer in the head.  Burroughs was arrested, tried, and bailed out back to the U.S.  Vollmer was buried in the Pante&oacute;n Americano.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/joan-vollmer-william-burroughs-beat-writers/panteon-americano/detail-1757</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:20:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pontikonisi island : isle of the dead, arnold b&amp;ouml;cklin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/isle-of-the-dead-arnold-bocklin/pontikonisi-island</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This small isle off the island of Corfu is likely the inspiration for the Arnold B&ouml;cklin series of paintings, "Isle of the Dead."  

The real-life tiny isle contains a small chapel amid a cypress grove.  The dream-like painting also depicts an oarsman rowing a figure wrapped in white to a structure on an island.  

The painting was enormously popular in central Europe in the 1920s, so much so that Vladmir Nabokov said that a print was to be "found in every Berlin home."  Adolf Hitler purchased one of the originals for his own; prints hung in the offices of Sigmund Freud, Vladimir Lenin, and Georges Clemenceau. 

Another less likely candidate for the inspiration of the location is the island of Ponza in the Tyrrhenian Sea.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/isle-of-the-dead-arnold-bocklin/pontikonisi-island/detail-1756</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:44:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rinky dink ice cream parlor : dick dale, surf rock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dick-dale-surf-rock/rinky-dink-ice-cream-parlor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dick Dale started performing with his guitar at the Rinky Dink Ice Cream Parlor at this corner beginning in 1959.  

By 1961, the film <em>Gidget</em> had been released and sparked an interest in surfing culture.  Dale had a large enough crowd to start playing the <a href="http://www.popturf.com/locations/music/dick-dale-surf-music-big-band/rendezvous-ballroom">Rendezvous Ballroom</a>, and his first big hit with the Del-Tones was "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1gskj1VQR0" target="_blank">Let's Go Trippin'</a>."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dick-dale-surf-rock/rinky-dink-ice-cream-parlor/detail-1755</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:12:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rendezvous ballroom : dick dale, surf music, big band]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dick-dale-surf-music-big-band/rendezvous-ballroom</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1928, the Rendezvous Ballroom was constructed on the Balboa peninsula in Orange County, CA. 

Capitalizing on the popularity of swing and big band music, the ballroom featured numerous performers of that era: Artie Shaw, Ozzie Nelson, Benny Goodman, Guy Lombardo, Bob Crosby, Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, and more.

In the early '60, Dick Dale was playing at <a href="http://www.popturf.com/locations/music/dick-dale-surf-rock/rinky-dink-ice-cream-parlor">an ice cream parlor</a> in the area.  He added members of a backing band to form the Del-Tones, and he played his first gig at the Rendezvous on July 1, 1961.  Only 17 people showed up, most of them his surfer friends.

But Dale continued to play and within four months, thousands of people were attending nightly to see the band perform and dance "The Surfer Stomp."  Several other bands formed as a result of these shows, and surf rock was born.

The Rendezvous Ballroom burnt down in 1966 (coincidentally, a band called the Cinderman played the night before).  In 1986, the O.C. Historical Commission dedicated a plaque here.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dick-dale-surf-music-big-band/rendezvous-ballroom/detail-1754</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:53:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lowell high school : jack kerouac]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/lowell-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jack Kerouac graduated from Lowell High School in 1939, three months after his seventeenth birthday.

He played outfield in baseball, and was a standout on the track and football teams.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/lowell-high-school/detail-1753</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:24:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[apollo theater : ella fitzgerald, james brown]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ella-fitzgerald-james-brown/apollo-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1913 at this location in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, this theater changed hands several times until it was purchased, refurbished, and renamed the Apollo Theater by Frank Schulman in 1934.  

Since the neighborhood had benefited from a large influx of African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance, Schulman wanted to make the theater exclusively black entertainment.  He hired in-house producer Clarence Robinson, and the famous "audition night" was instituted.

In 1934, a seventeen-year-old Ella Fitzgerald won the $25 first prize for her vocal renditions of "Judy" (by Hoagy Carmichael) and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oslbxm1MA9E" target="_blank">"The Object of My Affection"</a> (by Pinky Tomlin).

In 1962, James Brown recorded the album <em>Live at the Apollo</em> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFG4J1wi5fY" target="_blank">at the theater</a>.  The album was very popular (66 weeks on the Billboard charts), and led to 3 more James Brown live albums and a tv special at the Apollo.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ella-fitzgerald-james-brown/apollo-theater/detail-1752</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:39:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hemlock grove main street : hemlock grove]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/hemlock-grove/hemlock-grove-main-street</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Eli Roth-produced Netflix original <em>Hemlock Grove</em> is set in the fictional former steel town of Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania. Filming was originally going to take place outside Pittsburgh, but they ran into difficulties (something about misunderstanding how film tax credits work) so it ended up being filmed in and around Toronto. 

Queen St. in Port Perry, Ontario is the stand-in for Hemlock Grove's Main Street. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/hemlock-grove/hemlock-grove-main-street/detail-1751</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:06:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the whitney : danny brown]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/danny-brown/the-whitney</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In his track "Lie4", Danny Brown makes several false claims about his financial status.  He suggests that he has large amounts of cash in denominations of fifty &amp; one hundred dollar bills.  He purports be in a romantic relationship with a fashion model and that he employs servants at his home.  He also claims to dine at one of Detroit's finest restaurants, The Whitney. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/danny-brown/the-whitney/detail-1750</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:16:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pollard memorial library : jack kerouac]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/pollard-memorial-library</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Formerly known as the Lowell Public Library, this library has been open since 1845.  Jack Kerouac used to skip school at least once a week to read books by Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, William Penn, and scholarly books on chess.

From <em>Maggie Casidy</em>:
"It was how I'd become interested in old classical looking library books, some of them falling apart and from the darkest shelf in the Lowell Public Library, found there by me in my overshoes at closing time."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/pollard-memorial-library/detail-1749</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:29:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[downtown red cloud : willa cather]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/willa-cather/downtown-red-cloud</link>
				<description><![CDATA[American author Willa Cather lived in Red Cloud, NE starting in 1884 at the age of nine.  She used the town for several settings in her novels (including Black Hawk in <em>My &Aacute;ntonia</em>).  

Since then, twenty buildings in <a href="http://www.willacather.org/visit-red-cloud/red-cloud-history" target="_blank">Red Cloud</a> have been added to the National Historic Register because of their connection to the work of the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, the largest such distinction for any American author.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/willa-cather/downtown-red-cloud/detail-1748</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:11:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the st. regis bora bora resort : couple&#039;s retreat (2009)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/couples-retreat-2009/the-st-regis-bora-bora-resort</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The 2009 comedy <em>Couple's Retreat</em> filmed many scenes at the St. Regis Bora Bora Resort on the east side of the island.  The over-the-water villas of the resort can be seen in the poster for the film.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/couples-retreat-2009/the-st-regis-bora-bora-resort/detail-1746</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:17:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[indian beach, ecola state park : point break (1991)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/point-break-1991/indian-beach-ecola-state-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The ending scene of the 1991 film <em>Point Break</em> supposedly takes place at Bells Beach in Australia, but was actually filmed at Indian Beach in Ecola State Park, OR.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/point-break-1991/indian-beach-ecola-state-park/detail-1745</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:25:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 days food store : superbad (2007)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/superbad-2007/7-days-food-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This strip mall features a filming location for the 2007 film <em>Superbad</em>.  This liquor store is where "McLovin" tries to buy booze, gets punched out by a robber, and meets the two cops (Bill Hader and Seth Rogen).

In the parking lot, Seth (Jonah Hill) gets run over by a sketchy Francis (Joe Lo Truglio).  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/superbad-2007/7-days-food-store/detail-1744</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:01:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[crystal cove state park  : beaches (1988)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/beaches-1988/crystal-cove-state-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The tear-jerker/Bette Midler movie soundtrack vehicle <em>Beaches</em> (1988) filmed several scenes at the rental cottages of Crystal Cove State Park (specifically, it was Cottage #13).

The 45 different cottages were built in the 1930s and recently renovated for rentals.  A restaurant, the Beachcomber Caf&eacute;, is located in one of the converted cottages and looks out on the ocean.



]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/beaches-1988/crystal-cove-state-park/detail-1743</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:45:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sir richard hoare&#039;s mausoleum : sir richard hoare, stonehenge]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/sir-richard-hoare-stonehenge/sir-richard-hoares-mausoleum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The British archaeologist, Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet (a term used to convey noble distinction), was half of the duo that did the first recorded excavation of Stonehenge in 1798, and again 1810.  Hoare was an adherent to the form of antiquarianism that was popular among scholars of history of the day.  He adopted the motto that encapsulated the movement: "We speak from facts not theory."


Hoare's mausoleum is at St. Peter's Church in Stourton, Wiltshire. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/sir-richard-hoare-stonehenge/sir-richard-hoares-mausoleum/detail-1742</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:48:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bourne bridge : vampire weekend]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/vampire-weekend/bourne-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA["The bottleneck is a shit show"

From the song "Walcott"

The Bourne Bridge &amp; the Sagamore Bridge are the only roadway passages from mainland Massachusetts to Cape Cod.  So, traffic can get a bit <em>hectic</em> here during vacation season.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/vampire-weekend/bourne-bridge/detail-1741</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:42:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[monuriki island : castaway (2000)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/castaway-2000/monuriki-island</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This uninhabited island off the coast of Fiji is where Tom Hanks and Wilson spent their time in the 2000 film <em>Castaway</em>.

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				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/castaway-2000/monuriki-island/detail-1740</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:15:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ joseph sylvia state beach : jaws (1975)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/jaws-1975/joseph-sylvia-state-beach</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The scene in the original <em>Jaws</em> where <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2Ecwm7Alrc" target="_blank">the Kinter boy gets gobbled up</a> was shot at this beach in Martha's Vineyard, MA.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/jaws-1975/joseph-sylvia-state-beach/detail-1739</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:31:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dicksboro apartments : tim and eric awesome show, great job!]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/tim-and-eric-awesome-show-great-job/dicksboro-apartments</link>
				<description><![CDATA[For the David Liebe Hart song "Father and Son".

"My son Chip passed away.  He was stolen out of a box at the Dicksboros Apartment.  Now I got a new boy, and, this is the new one that replaced 'Chip the Black Boy' that was stolen." 

According to his song "Dicksboro", the structure was built in 1920 and Sidney Poitier stayed here.  So did Julie Andrews.  

The apartment building has received poor reviews on <a href="http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/CA-Los-Angeles-Dicksboro-Apartments.html"> apartmentratings.com</a> and is listed on the <a href="http://bedbugregistry.com/location/CA/90004-3407/Los-Angeles/3918%20Beverly%20Blvd/"> bedbudregisty</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/tim-and-eric-awesome-show-great-job/dicksboro-apartments/detail-1738</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:17:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the ellen degeneres show : the ellen degeneres show, ellen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-ellen-degeneres-show-ellen/the-ellen-degeneres-show</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Debuting on September 8, 2003, Ellen has danced and chatted her way to 32 Daytime Emmys since then.  The show initially taped at Studio 11, and has since moved to Studio 1. <em>Ellen</em> has been renewed until 2017. 

To get tickets to <em>Ellen</em>, <a href="http://www.ellentv.com/tickets/" target="_blank">visit here.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-ellen-degeneres-show-ellen/the-ellen-degeneres-show/detail-1737</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:58:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[abc studio : the view]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-view/abc-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Since August 11, 1997, <em>The View</em> has been taping at the ABC Television Center in New York.

If you want tickets, <a href="http://abc.go.com/site/tv-ticket-request" target="_blank">go here.<a></a></a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-view/abc-studio/detail-1736</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:40:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rich forum theater : the jerry springer show, maury]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jerry-springer-show-maury/rich-forum-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Since March 2009, <em>The Jerry Springer Show</em> has filmed at the Rich Forum Theater, part of the Stamford Center for the Arts. The state of Connecticut issued an enticing tax credit to bring the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7V2Zmbx5Y0" target="_blank">opera-inspiring</a> talk show to Stamford.

Also filming at the Rich Forum is the <em>Jerry</em> spin-off, <em>The Steve Wilkos Show</em> (Jerry's old head of security), and <em>Maury</em> (Maury Povich). ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-jerry-springer-show-maury/rich-forum-theater/detail-1735</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:21:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[milam junior high school : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/milam-junior-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Elvis attended seventh and eighth grade at Milam Junior High School, bringing his guitar to school everyday and playing for other kids at lunch.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/milam-junior-high-school/detail-1733</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:49:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[elvis homecoming statue : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/elvis-homecoming-statue</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Placed in the park across from the Tupelo City Hall, this young Elvis statue was unveiled on August 9, 2012.

Elvis is depicted as he looked during the 1956 and 1957 Tupelo concerts.  His hand is outstretched so you can reach out and touch the magic.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/elvis-homecoming-statue/detail-1732</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:26:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;charlie don&#039;t surf&quot; : apocalypse now]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/apocalypse-now/charlie-dont-surf</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When Francis Ford Coppola shot <em>Apocalypse Now</em> in 1979, he probably didn't realize he was going to give birth to the surfing industry in the Philippines.

One of the iconic moments of the film features Colonel Kilgore trying to convince his men to surf the beach as bombs and bullets fly.  

After the filming wrapped up at this location, the crew left some of the surfboards behind.  Some locals picked up the boards, and started surfing the break, now nicknamed "Charlie's Point."  The beach has since become a tourist draw for surfing.

Source: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21941069" target="_blank">BBC News</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/apocalypse-now/charlie-dont-surf/detail-1731</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:38:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[westward beach : planet of the apes (1968)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/planet-of-the-apes-1968/westward-beach</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The twist ending of <em>Planet of the Apes</em> was shot on Westward Beach in Malibu.  The <em>Twilight Zone</em> creator Rod Serling was brought in as a writer for the film, and he was the one to come up with the ending.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/planet-of-the-apes-1968/westward-beach/detail-1730</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:14:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[scott and wallace&#039;s apartment : scott pilgrim vs. the world]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/scott-and-wallaces-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although author Bryan Lee O'Malley actually lived down the street at 27 Alberta Avenue when he wrote <em>Scott Pilgrim</em>, this garage door entrance served as a front door for the filming location of Wallace and Scott's apartment in <em>Scott Pilgrim vs. the World</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/scott-and-wallaces-apartment/detail-1729</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:01:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[safari inn : true romance, quentin tarantino]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/true-romance-quentin-tarantino/safari-inn</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Burbank motel shows up in quite a few pieces of pop culture.

In <em>True Romance</em>, Clarence and Alabama are hiding out at this motel when they have a violent encounter with Virgil (James Gandolfini).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/true-romance-quentin-tarantino/safari-inn/detail-1728</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:35:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[river glen motel (former) : pulp fiction, quentin tarantino]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/pulp-fiction-quentin-tarantino/river-glen-motel-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although it has since been torn down, this address was the filming location for <em>Pulp Fiction</em>.  Butch and Fabienne hid out at this motel after he took a dive in the boxing ring.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/pulp-fiction-quentin-tarantino/river-glen-motel-former/detail-1727</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:28:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[vista theatre : true romance, quentin tarantino]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/true-romance-quentin-tarantino/vista-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This classic Hollywood theater was featured in <em>True Romance</em> (screenplay written by Quentin Tarantino).

Clarence (Christian Slater) is watching a Sonny Cheba triple feature when Alabama (Patricia Arquette) makes his acquaintance.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/true-romance-quentin-tarantino/vista-theatre/detail-1726</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:24:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pat and lorraine&#039;s coffee shop : reservoir dogs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/reservoir-dogs/pat-and-lorraines-coffee-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the restaurant where gangsters talk about the true meaning behind Madonna songs (opening scene of <em>Reservoir Dogs</em>).  Only don't ask Mr. Pink to tip...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/reservoir-dogs/pat-and-lorraines-coffee-shop/detail-1725</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:46:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[former sigma nu fraternity house : john belushi, animal house]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi-animal-house/former-sigma-nu-fraternity-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The interior of this house (now part of Northwest Christian University) was the filming location for the toga party scene in <em>Animal House<em>.</em></em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi-animal-house/former-sigma-nu-fraternity-house/detail-1724</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:30:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[erb memorial union : john belushi, animal house]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi-animal-house/erb-memorial-union</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the University of Oregon Erb Memorial Union is a cafeteria called The Fishbowl.  This was the filming location for the food fight scene in <em>Animal House</em>.

Bluto (John Belushi) starts the fight when he "pops a zit" on Chip and the gang (a young Kevin Bacon).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi-animal-house/erb-memorial-union/detail-1723</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:16:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[first congregational church : john belushi]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi/first-congregational-church</link>
				<description><![CDATA[John Belushi was given his funeral service at this location in 1982.  According to Belushi's wish, Dan Aykroyd played a tape of the song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWDv5RCDcs4" target="_blank">"2,000 Pound Bee"</a> to crack up the audience.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi/first-congregational-church/detail-1721</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:05:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[billy goat tavern : john belushi]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/john-belushi/billy-goat-tavern</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Buried below the different bridge and road levels of Chicago's busy downtown is a small cheeseburger joint established in 1934.  

Founded by Greek immigrant Billy Sianis, the Billy Goat was the inspiration for the <em>SNL</em> Cheeseburger sketch with John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray (Murray was an original writer for the sketch).

Also, the tavern is supposedly the basis for the "Curse of the Billy Goat" after the owner (Sianas) tried to bring a goat to a Cubs game and was ejected. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/john-belushi/billy-goat-tavern/detail-1720</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:44:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cathedral of st. john the divine : john belushi]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi/cathedral-of-st-john-the-divine</link>
				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi/cathedral-of-st-john-the-divine/detail-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[abel&#039;s hill cemetery : john belushi]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi/abels-hill-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[John Belushi is buried at Abel's Hill Cemetery on Martha's Vineyard.  Although his body was dug up once and moved (because of people desecrating the grave), he is still buried at this location, at least according to something I <a href="http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/b/John%20Belushi/john_belushi.htm" target="_blank">read on the internet</a>.

The headstone is engraved with a skull and crossbones and reads, "I may be gone, but Rock and Roll lives on."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi/abels-hill-cemetery/detail-1718</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:04:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jack kerouac&#039;s last house : jack kerouac]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/jack-kerouacs-last-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jack Kerouac was living in this home with his third wife, Stella, and his mother when he suffered an internal hemorrhage caused by cirrhosis.  He died on October 21, 1969 at the age of 47.

The house has remained essentially the same since the time his mother died in 1972.  Today, some efforts are being made to salvage the house and turn it into a museum or writer's retreat.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/jack-kerouacs-last-house/detail-1717</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:39:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[haslam&#039;s book store : jack kerouac]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/haslams-book-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[One of the largest independent bookstores in the Southeast, Haslam's was frequented by Jack Kerouac as he spent the last years of his life in St. Petersburg.  Kerouac apparently disapproved of the alphabetical placement of his books on the bottom shelf, so he would move them up to eye level.

Although some people claim that Kerouac's ghost <a href="http://www.ghostreport.com/states/florida/HaslamsBookstore.htm" target="_blank">still haunts the store</a>, a cat named Teacup guards steadfastly against intruders, both physical and supernatural.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/haslams-book-store/detail-1716</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:20:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the flamingo bar : jack kerouac]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/the-flamingo-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jack Kerouac used to frequent this bar as he wound down the last few years of his life in St. Petersburg, FL.  Supposedly, he came here for his last night out before he died from an internal hemorrhage.

The Flamingo Bar has an ongoing Jack Kerouac special for $2.25:  rot-gut whiskey and a draft beer.
  
The bar is decorated with Jack Kerouac memorabilia and host an annual Jack Kerouac Night with music performances and readings.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/jack-kerouac/the-flamingo-bar/detail-1715</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:17:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[oregon state hospital : one flew over the cuckoo&amp;rsquo;s nest]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest/oregon-state-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[1975 best picture <em>One Flew Over the Cuckoo&rsquo;s Nest</em> was filmed here at Oregon State Hospital in Salem. It's currently a <a href="http://oshmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Museum of Mental Health</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest/oregon-state-hospital/detail-1714</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:54:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rainbow bar and grill : led zeppelin, john belushi]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/led-zeppelin-john-belushi/rainbow-bar-and-grill</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Rainbow Bar and Grill opened on the Sunset Strip on April 16, 1972 with a party for Elton John.  Since then, it has been a fixture of the L.A. rock scene.  

Led Zeppelin made this restaurant their L.A. hangout.  Anthony Kiedis recounted in his book <em>Scar Tissue</em> about being at the bar with his father while members of the Led Zeppelin were there.

Upstairs from the Rainbow Bar and Grill is the exclusive club, "Over the Rainbow".

John Belushi ate his last meal here (lentil soup) in booth #16.

Before it became the Rainbow, the place was called the Villa Nova restaurant.  The Villa Nova was owned by film director Vincente Minnelli (married to Judy Garland). Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe met at the Villa Nova in 1952 on a blind date.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/led-zeppelin-john-belushi/rainbow-bar-and-grill/detail-1713</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:31:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tanner house : full house]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/full-house/tanner-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is a single-family, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home located in the Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood where there's a heart and a hand to hold onto. 

Doobah da bah ba dow.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/full-house/tanner-house/detail-1712</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:20:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[culver hotel : arrested development]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/arrested-development/culver-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the "Altar Egos" episode of <em>Arrested Development</em> (Season 1, Episode 16), Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) picks up Maggie Lizer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) at the lawyer bar Deliberations.  The shooting location was at the Culver Hotel in Culver City, CA.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/arrested-development/culver-hotel/detail-1711</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 04:11:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[culver city city hall : arrested development]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/arrested-development/culver-city-city-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Many of the courthouse scenes in <em>Arrested Development</em> were shot at the Culver City City Hall.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/arrested-development/culver-city-city-hall/detail-1709</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 03:59:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[balboa island/oceanside wharf : arrested development]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/arrested-development/balboa-islandoceanside-wharf</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In <em>Arrested Development</em>, the Bluth Banana Stand scenes take place at Oceanside Wharf on Balboa Island, but the scenes are shot here at Fisherman's Village in Marina del Rey.  Specifically, right next to the fake lighthouse.

Mitchell Hurwitz based the banana stand stories on the cookie stand that he worked at with his brother.  As the Chipyard website reads: "Michael and Mitchell&rsquo;s father, Mark Hurwitz, found and rented a small, abandoned taco stand on the bay at Newport Beach, California."  The stand has transformed into a shop called <a href="http://www.chipyard.com/the-chipyard-location.php" target="_blank">Boston Chipyard</a> in Quincy Market, Boston.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/arrested-development/balboa-islandoceanside-wharf/detail-1708</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 03:41:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where larry clark met harmony korine : larry clark, harmony korine, kids]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/larry-clark-harmony-korine-kids/where-larry-clark-met-harmony-korine</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Larry Clark was sitting at the fountain in Washington Square Park watching and talking to skaters (this would have been in the early 90s) and a kid approached him and started talking movies. This kid (Harmony Korine) impressed him with his knowledge of film, and a year later, when Clark had the idea for what would become <em>Kids</em>, he got in touch with Korine about a screenplay for the movie. According to Clark, Korine knocked out the script in three weeks. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/larry-clark-harmony-korine-kids/where-larry-clark-met-harmony-korine/detail-1707</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:47:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ritz-carlton, marina del rey : arrested development]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/arrested-development/ritz-carlton-marina-del-rey</link>
				<description><![CDATA[For the pilot episode of <em>Arrested Development</em>, Lucille's apartment was a suite at the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey.

Source: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuYWHvaZ8SU" target="_blank">2011 New Yorker Panel</a> with the cast and creator of <em>Arrested Development</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/arrested-development/ritz-carlton-marina-del-rey/detail-1706</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 04:48:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[university high school : arrested development]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/arrested-development/university-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This home of the Wildcats serves as the filming location for George Michael and Maeby's high school in <em>Arrested Development</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/arrested-development/university-high-school/detail-1705</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 04:38:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[north shore surf club : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/north-shore-surf-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On October 11, 1990, Dave Grohl played his first show with Nirvana at the North Shore Surf Club in Olympia, WA.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj_ZeqYEQrs" target="_blank">It was epic.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/north-shore-surf-club/detail-1704</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:04:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st. joseph&#039;s hospital : justin bieber]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/justin-bieber/st-josephs-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On March 1, 1994, Justin Bieber entered this mortal plane in Room #126 on the 2nd floor of this London, Ontario hospital, after being evicted from heaven by jealous angels.  He weighed 3.49 kg (7.7 lbs).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/justin-bieber/st-josephs-hospital/detail-1703</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:04:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[old church of our lady mary of zion : ark of the covenant]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/ark-of-the-covenant/old-church-of-our-lady-mary-of-zion</link>
				<description><![CDATA[According to legend, the Queen of Sheba heard of the great and wise King Solomon of Israel and journeyed to see him.  They hit it off and she came back pregnant.  That child was named Menelik I.

When he became a man, Menelik went to see Solomon.  The king didn't believe Menelik's story until he saw the ring that he had given Queen Sheba.  Solomon rejoiced, and gave Menelik a parting gift- the Ark of the Covenant (some versions of the story say a fake ark was left). 

For those of you who haven't seen <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark</em>, the Ark of the Covenant is the chest that contains the remnants of the tablets that Moses inscribed the ten commandments on under divine instruction.

After a "divine heat" from the tablets (or <em>Tabot</em> in Ethiopia) cracked the stones of the Old Church, a new Chapel of the Tablet (aka Tzion Maryam church) was built by Emperor Haile Selassie.  Today, the tablets are only allowed to be seen by the guard of the tablets, who never leaves.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/ark-of-the-covenant/old-church-of-our-lady-mary-of-zion/detail-1702</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:49:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mama cash&#039;s house : johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/mama-cashs-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Johnny Cash originally purchased this ranch house for his parents.  As his health deteriorated in his final days, it was difficult for him to get around in a wheel chair in <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash-barry-gibbs/johnny-cashs-hendersonville-home-former">the lake house</a> across the street, so he lived in this house (nicknamed "Mama Cash's house").]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/mama-cashs-house/detail-1701</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:44:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[westerburg high school (exterior) : heathers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/heathers/westerburg-high-school-exterior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>Heathers</em> is one of the rare movies from the '80s that will probably never be granted a remake, which is fine because it's really not as good as you might remember. As dark as it is, the original idea for the ending was even darker with Veronica killing J.D. and then blowing herself up. 

The climax outside of Westerburg High School was shot on the steps of John Adams Middle School in Santa Monica. The name of the school, in spite of the misspelling, was reportedly a nod to Winona Ryder's favorite band <a href="/locations/music/the-replacements">The Replacements</a>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/heathers/westerburg-high-school-exterior/detail-1699</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:21:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hitler&#039;s birthplace : adolf hitler, fascism]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/adolf-hitler-fascism/hitlers-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler, the world's most evil vegetarian, was born in this apartment building in Upper Austria, just across the river from Germany.

Today, the future of the building is being debated; it is most likely to end up as high-end apartments.  

A memorial stone fashioned from a slab of rock from the former  Mauthausen Concentration Camp, near Linz, Austria sits outside the building.  

It reads: "For peace, freedom and democracy / never again fascism / millions of dead admonish."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/adolf-hitler-fascism/hitlers-birthplace/detail-1698</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:28:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the grateful dead house : the grateful dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-grateful-dead/the-grateful-dead-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1966 to 1968, Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead lived at this Victorian house in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco.

In the Summer of Love of 1967, the Dead were busted for drug possession.  The <a href="http://www.dead.net/archives/1967/clippings/article-about-deads-bust-710-rolling-stone" target="_blank">bust was detailed</a> in the first issue of Rolling Stone.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-grateful-dead/the-grateful-dead-house/detail-1696</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:47:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st. joseph&#039;s preparatory school : it&#039;s always sunny in philadelphia, rob mcelhenney]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-rob-mcelhenney/st-josephs-preparatory-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia</em> creator Rob McElhenney (Mac) graduated from St. Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia in 1995. In the two-parter at the end of season 7, the entire gang heads to St. Joe's Prep for their high school reunion. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-rob-mcelhenney/st-josephs-preparatory-school/detail-1695</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wheaton central high school : john belushi, james belushi, edwin hubble]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi-james-belushi-edwin-hubble/wheaton-central-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[John Belushi (class of 1967), his brother James "Jim" Belushi (class of 1972) went to high school here.  

So did astronomer Edwin Hubble, the scientist who determined the existence of galaxies beyond the Milky Way (class of 1906).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi-james-belushi-edwin-hubble/wheaton-central-high-school/detail-1694</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chateau marmont : john belushi]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi/chateau-marmont</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1927 by a prominent Los Angeles lawyer, the Chateau Marmont was constructed in a Gothic design to mimic a royal retreat in France's Loire Valley.

The series of bungalows have been a favorite spot for Hollywood celebrities for years.

On March 4, 1982, John Belushi had been partying at the secret club above the Roxy called On The Rox, and later at The Rainbow Room.  

Belushi went back to the Chateau Marmont Bungalow #3 with Cathy Smith (former back-up singer for The Band and drug dealer) and Nelson Lyon (writer for <em>SNL</em>).  Belushi kept asking Smith to shoot him up with heroin since he was afraid of needles.  

That night, Robin Williams stopped by and did some lines with the group but was creeped out by Smith.  Robert DeNiro also stopped by around 3 a.m. and left shortly after.

Belushi was found by his personal trainer, Bill Wallace, the next day dead from a heroin overdose.  He was 33 years old.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-belushi/chateau-marmont/detail-1693</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:00:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dee&#039;s apartment (exterior) : it&#039;s always sunny in philadelphia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia/dees-apartment-exterior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Not much to see here, but this is the exterior used for Dee's apartment in <em>It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia</em>. Unlike the exterior of <a href="/locations/television/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia/paddys-pub-exterior">Paddy's Pub</a> which is in Los Angeles, this building is actually in Philadelphia. The interior, like all the apartments, is filmed on a set.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia/dees-apartment-exterior/detail-1692</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:32:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mac&#039;s tavern : it&#039;s always sunny in philadelphia, rob and kaitlin mcelhenney]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-rob-and-kaitlin-mcelhenney/macs-tavern</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Rob and Kaitlin McElhenney (Mac and Sweet Dee from <em>It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia</em> who are married in real life) are part owners of the bar Mac's Tavern on Market St. in Philadelphia. 

According to the <a href="http://macstavern.com" target="_blank">Mac's Tavern website</a>, the building was formerly Skinner&rsquo;s Dry Goods Store, and in 1776 "would have been THE dry goods store for Mr. &amp; Mrs. Benjamin Franklin, who resided right up the block&hellip; as well as Betsy Ross, 1 block away."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-rob-and-kaitlin-mcelhenney/macs-tavern/detail-1691</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:54:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mount saint mary cemetery  : johnny thunders, new york dolls]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-thunders-new-york-dolls/mount-saint-mary-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Punk guitarist Johnny Thunders is buried here at Section 9, Grave R78-82.  

The family name on the grave marker is Nicoletti, and the full name is Johnny Thunders Genzale.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-thunders-new-york-dolls/mount-saint-mary-cemetery/detail-1690</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:04:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where johnny thunders died : johnny thunders, new york dolls]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-thunders-new-york-dolls/where-johnny-thunders-died</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On April 23, 1991, Johnny Thunders (former guitarist for the New York Dolls and punk solo artist) died of mysterious circumstances in room #37 (now room #7) of the St. Peter Guest House in New Orleans, LA.

While the N.O.P.D. ruled the case an overdose, toxicology results indicated that Thunders had not consumed enough drugs to overdose.  In addition, he had been recovering from addiction with methadone treatment for several months.  

Dee Dee Ramone spoke to Thunders' rhythm guitarist, Stevie Klasson, after Johnny had died.  Klasson stated that Thunders "had gotten mixed up with some bastards... who ripped him off for his methadone supply. They had given him LSD and then murdered him."

Thunders was 38 years old.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-thunders-new-york-dolls/where-johnny-thunders-died/detail-1689</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:54:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where sid vicious died : sid vicious, the sex pistols]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/sid-vicious-the-sex-pistols/where-sid-vicious-died</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On February 2, 1979, a small gathering occurred at Sid Vicious' girlfriend's (Michele Robinson) house to celebrate his release from Bellevue Hospital.  Vicious was in the hospital from a failed suicide attempt after his previous girlfriend died at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/history/chelsea-hotel/hotel-chelsea">the Chelsea Hotel</a>.

Although Vicious had gone through detox, his mother had brought heroin to the party.  Vicious overdosed around midnight, but the party guests got him up and moving around.  Around 3 a.m. Vicious overdosed again and died from accumulation of fluid in his lungs (a common symptom of heroin overdose).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/sid-vicious-the-sex-pistols/where-sid-vicious-died/detail-1688</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:16:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[asbury park convention hall : bruce springsteen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/asbury-park-convention-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built between 1928 and 1930, the Asbury Park Convention Hall is a 3,600 seat theater that has had many rock and roll performances throughout the years.

On June 30, 1956, a concert by Frankie Lymon &amp; The Teenagers ended early when a fistfight turned into a riot where three people were stabbed.  The mayor threatened a city-wide ban on rock and roll (kinda like <em>Footloose</em>) that never materialized.

Led Zeppelin played Convention Hall the evening of August 16, 1969, after their manager, Peter Grant, rejected an invitation to Woodstock. 

Bruce Springsteen has rehearsed for many tours here (Reunion, Rising, Vote for Change, Seeger Sessions, Magic and Working on a Dream tours) and often gives rehearsal performances to the public.

The sign on the top of Convention Hall now reads "Greetings from Asbury Park", in reference to Springsteen's 1973 debut album <em>Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/asbury-park-convention-hall/detail-1685</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:07:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hotel chelsea : chelsea hotel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/chelsea-hotel/hotel-chelsea</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Few standing structures have had the varied cultural impact that the Chelsea has on popular culture.  Built from 1883-1885, the twelve-story red-brick building was one of the city's first private apartment cooperatives.

While staying at the Chelsea, Arthur C. Clarke wrote <em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em>.

Dylan Thomas was staying at the Chelsea when he died of pneumonia on November 9, 1953.

On October 12, 1978, Nancy Spungen (girlfriend of Sid Vicious) was found stabbed to death here.

Today, the Chelsea no longer accepts new residents and is privately owned, but many previous long-term residents are protected by state rent regulations.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/chelsea-hotel/hotel-chelsea/detail-1684</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:01:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[patty hearst safehouse : patty hearst kidnapping]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/patty-hearst-kidnapping/patty-hearst-safehouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Patty Hearst, the granddaughter of publishing magnate (and <em>Citizen Kane</em> inspiration) William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped from her Berkeley apartment by the Symbionese Liberation Army on February 4, 1974.

The Symbionese Liberation Army, or SLA, drew their name from the word "symbiosis", and based their manifesto on leftist urban guerilla propaganda.

Hearst participated in a bank robbery at 1450 Noriega Street in San Francisco on April 15, 1974.  She was photographed wielding an M1 carbine at the Sunset District branch of the Hibernia Bank.

Patty was shuttled between many safe houses by the SLA until her eventual arrest in September of 1975.  This house in Haight-Ashbury is one of them.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/patty-hearst-kidnapping/patty-hearst-safehouse/detail-1682</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:19:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[camarillo state mental hospital : bottle rocket (1996)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bottle-rocket-1996/camarillo-state-mental-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although it closed in 1997 to make way for the California State University-Channel Islands campus, the Camarillo State Mental Hospital had been open since 1932.

Due to its proximity to Los Angeles, many celebrity types used the facility as a detox center.  Charlie Parker wrote <em>Relaxin' at Camarillo</em> while recovering from heroin addiction here.  Frank Zappa has a song called "Camarillo Brillo".

The opening scene of Bottle Rocket takes place on the Camarillo State Mental Hospital grounds.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bottle-rocket-1996/camarillo-state-mental-hospital/detail-1681</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:27:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the intersection where butch hits marsellus with his car : pulp fiction]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/pulp-fiction/the-intersection-where-butch-hits-marsellus-with-his-car</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Butch hits Marsellus with his car when he spots him crossing the street at the intersection of Fletcher Dr and Atwater Ave. In the movie, they stumble into the pawn shop, but you'll actually find Zed and Maynard's nightmare <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/movies/pulp-fiction/the-pawn-shop">pawn shop</a> over 25 miles away.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/pulp-fiction/the-intersection-where-butch-hits-marsellus-with-his-car/detail-1680</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:23:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the pawn shop : pulp fiction]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/pulp-fiction/the-pawn-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Many of <em>Pulp Fiction's</em> filming locations (the Hawthorne Grill, the River Glen Motel, the Raymond Theatre) have been demolished since the movie came out, but you can find Maynard's pawn shop where Butch and Marsellus are captured after <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/movies/pulp-fiction/the-intersection-where-butch-hits-marsellus-with-his-car">the car accident</a> in this San Fernando Valley strip mall.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/pulp-fiction/the-pawn-shop/detail-1679</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:18:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where bugsy siegel was gunned down : bugsy (1991)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bugsy-1991/where-bugsy-siegel-was-gunned-down</link>
				<description><![CDATA[American mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel started the Las Vegas strip in 1946 by building the Flamingo Hotel and Casino.  The hotel closed later that year, only to reopen in 1947.

On June 20, 1947, Bugsy was sitting in the living room of his girlfriend's house reading the <em>Los Angeles Times</em>.  A car pulled into the driveway, and fired an M-1 carbine through the window.  Bugsy was shot several times, including twice in the head.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bugsy-1991/where-bugsy-siegel-was-gunned-down/detail-1678</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:38:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cava sound : belle and sebastian]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/belle-and-sebastian/cava-sound</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Belle and Sebastian recorded their first album <em>Tigermilk</em> at CaVa Sound in Glasgow, Scotland. Stow College's in-house record label Electric Honey released the album in 1996 as part of their music business program, and CaVa studios hosted the record launch party. 

CaVa has been around since 1974 and among other groups has worked with Teenage Fanclub, Mogwai, and The Black Eyed Peas. 

(via <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4de-RHHLCBA" target="_blank">If You're Feeling Sinister - Pitchfork Classic</a>)]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/belle-and-sebastian/cava-sound/detail-1677</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:12:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[farmer john murals : zabriskie point, carrie (1976)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/zabriskie-point-carrie-1976/farmer-john-murals</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1957, the Clougherty meat-packing company hired Les Grimes to paint a farmland mural on side of their plant just south of downtown Los Angeles in Vernon. Grimes died in 1968 after falling from a scaffold while painting and Arno Jordan completed the murals that span several blocks. The deteriorating murals were later touched up by muralist Philip Slagter and his crew. Say what you will about cavorting happy pigs in an idyllic country setting on the side of a slaughterhouse in industrial California.

The Farmer John murals make an appearance in Antonioni's <em>Zabriskie Point</em> and Brian De Palma's <em>Carrie</em>.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/zabriskie-point-carrie-1976/farmer-john-murals/detail-1675</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:17:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the village gate : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/the-village-gate</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in a building built in 1898 as a flophouse for transient men, the Village Gate nightclub opened at the corner of Bleeker and Thompson in 1958.

The Village Gate was a popular jazz club for many years.  John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, and many more played here.  Aretha Franklin had her NYC debut at the Village Gate.

From 1971 to 1973, a musical comedy revue called <em>National Lampoon's Lemmings</em> had a successful run at the Gate. Starring John Belushi, Chevy Chase and Christopher Guest, the show lampooned the 1969 Woodstock Festival, calling it <em>Woodchuck</em>.

In 2001, the off-Broadway theater in the basement, the Village Theater, hosted a play based on Janis Joplin called <em>Love, Janis</em>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/the-village-gate/detail-1674</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:35:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kew gardens parking lot : superheroes (documentary)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/superheroes-documentary/kew-gardens-parking-lot</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The parking lot for the Kew Gardens station became infamous for the location of the Kitty Genovese incident, where a young woman was assaulted and murdered in a populated neighborhood.  

The incident became a rallying cry against social apathy, and articles were written about the "38 witnesses who did nothing."  Details of the case do not support this scenario, but the case still motivates.  It is referenced several times in the HBO documentary on real-life superheroes called <em>Superheroes</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/superheroes-documentary/kew-gardens-parking-lot/detail-1673</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:07:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[coffee house (former) : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/coffee-house-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Janis Joplin used to spend time at this location as a teenager and young adult when it was a coffee house.  The youths would drink coffee, listen to music and read poetry.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/coffee-house-former/detail-1672</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:45:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[two pines chapel : kill bill]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/kill-bill/two-pines-chapel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I always assumed it was a movie set, but this is the actual small church out in the California desert where the massacre at the Two Pines Wedding Chapel in Tarantino's <em>Kill Bill</em> was filmed.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/kill-bill/two-pines-chapel/detail-1671</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:03:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[port arthur college : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/port-arthur-college</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Janis finished high school, she attended Port Arthur College (where her mother worked as a the registrar) and earned a key punch certificate.

Joplin would go on to study at Lamar University in Beaumont and at the University of Texas in Austin as an art major.  Port Arthur College became Lamar State College-Port Arthur.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/port-arthur-college/detail-1670</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:54:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[threadgill&#039;s (former) : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/threadgills-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Originally opened in a former filling station on the north outskirts of Austin, Threadgill's boasted the first beer license in the county.  Janis Joplin cut her teeth singing at this juke joint.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/threadgills-former/detail-1669</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:42:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[anderson theater : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/anderson-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Big Brother and the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin on lead vocals) played their New York City debut at the Anderson Theater (a former Yiddish theater) on February 17, 1968.

A vintage review of the show can be <a href="http://www.turkku.com/albums/cheap_thrills.html" target="_blank">read here</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/anderson-theater/detail-1668</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:20:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the four aces : swordfish, buffy the vampire slayer]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/swordfish-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/the-four-aces</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Four Aces is a convincingly realistic (albeit dated to anyone driving by) movie set in the desert of Palmdale, California. Among other tv shows and movies, its Route 66 style diner, gas station, hotel and honky tonk bar have been used as a filming location for Swordfish, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lady Gaga's music video for "Telephone."
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/swordfish-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/the-four-aces/detail-1666</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:33:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ambassador hotel (former) : rfk assassination]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/rfk-assassination/ambassador-hotel-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was walking through the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel when he was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.  RFK had just won  the California and South Dakota primary elections for the Democratic nomination.

Robert F. Kennedy remains one of only two sitting United States Senators to be assassinated (the other being Huey Long).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/rfk-assassination/ambassador-hotel-former/detail-1665</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:12:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st. marks methodist church : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/st-marks-methodist-church</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1961, the Joplin family transferred their membership to this congregation.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/st-marks-methodist-church/detail-1664</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:13:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[first christian church (former) : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/first-christian-church-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Janis Joplin, her sister Laura, and her mother were all member of the First Christian Church when it was at this location in the early 1950s.  Janis was baptized here in 1950 by Rev. John M Hughes, and she sang in the youth choir.  

Many years later, a painting by Janis of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemene was found in the church closet and is now on display at the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/museum-of-the-gulf-coast">Museum of the Gulf Coast</a>.

The First Christina Church moved to 5856 9th Ave, and has an autographed picture of Janis in the choir on display.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/first-christian-church-former/detail-1663</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:59:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the lion&#039;s share : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/the-lions-share</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When Janis Joplin died, she left $2,500 in her will for a funeral party (in her own words) "so my friends can have a ball after I'm gone."

It was held here at this small club called The Lion's Share on October 26, 1971. Invitations to the party were given to 200 people, and The Grateful Dead performed.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/the-lions-share/detail-1662</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:28:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stinson beach : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/stinson-beach</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Janis Joplin was cremated, her ashes were scattered from a plane over the Pacific Ocean and also from Stinson Beach.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/stinson-beach/detail-1661</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:07:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pierce brothers westwood memorial park : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/pierce-brothers-westwood-memorial-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Janis Joplin was cremated here, according to her wishes.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/pierce-brothers-westwood-memorial-park/detail-1660</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:57:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[avalon theater : janis joplin, the grateful dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin-the-grateful-dead/avalon-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1911 as the Colin Traver Academy of Dance, the Avalon Theater was open from 1966 to 1968, and then again in 2003.

In the 60s, bands that played the Avalon included Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Steve Miller Band, Moby Grape, The Doors, 13th Floor Elevators, The Butterfield Blues Band and Big Brother and the Holding Company, which impresario Chet Helms organized around singer and performer Janis Joplin in the spring of 1966.  

Joplin traveled to San Francisco to audition with the band at the Avalon on June 10, 1966.  Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company were the house band at the Avalon for much of 1966-67.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin-the-grateful-dead/avalon-theater/detail-1658</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:31:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[thomas jefferson high school : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/thomas-jefferson-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Janis Joplin went to high school at this location when it was known as Thomas Jefferson High School (now known as Thomas Edison Middle School).

By most accounts, Joplin was an awkward teenager and used music as an outlet.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/thomas-jefferson-high-school/detail-1657</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woodrow wilson junior high : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/woodrow-wilson-junior-high</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Janis Joplin attended the Woodrow Wilson Junior High school for grades 7-9.  The actual building was badly damaged in 2005 when Hurricane Rita struck. One wing was devastated and was closed off to students for safety reasons.

In 2006, it was demolished to make way for the Carl A. Parker Multipurpose Center on the Lamar State College-Port Arthur campus.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/woodrow-wilson-junior-high/detail-1656</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:35:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tyrrell elementary school : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/tyrrell-elementary-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Janis Joplin went to grades 1-6 at this elementary school.  In 1950, she joined the Bluebirds- a junior Camp Fire Girls club.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/tyrrell-elementary-school/detail-1655</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:24:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[target : career opportunities]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/career-opportunities/target</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the former Target location where the early-90s not-classic <em>Career Opportunities</em> was filmed. In case you missed this one, Frank Whaley, during his first shift as night janitor, gets locked in Target overnight with Jennifer Connelly. 

Before Target moved out of this building, they hosted Career Opportunities night once a year featuring roller skating and where fans of the movie (men wearing 'Darnell' jumpsuits and women with heavy eyebrows) would slow dance next to the aquariums.*

*I made that up. There are no fans of this ridiculous movie.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/career-opportunities/target/detail-1653</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:01:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[freddy&#039;s bbq joint : house of cards]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/house-of-cards/freddys-bbq-joint</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the tiny storefront used for Freddy's BBQ Joint, Frank Underwood's favorite place for ribs in <em>House of Cards</em>. You'll find it in Baltimore not Washington, D.C.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/house-of-cards/freddys-bbq-joint/detail-1652</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:02:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pima air and space museum : can&#039;t buy me love]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/cant-buy-me-love/pima-air-and-space-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The <a href="http://www.pimaair.org/" target="_blank">Pima Air and Space Museum</a> is the largest non-government funded aviation museum in the world.  Adjacent to the museum is the massive airplane graveyard known as the Aerospace Maintenance &amp; Regeneration Center (AMARC) which was featured in the 80s teen movie <em>Can't Buy Me Love</em> (1987).

The "Boneyard" was also featured in the films <em>My Science Project</em> (1985), <em>The Wraith</em> (1986), and <em>Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen</em> (2009).  Some of the planes from <em>Top Gun</em> are supposedly stored here.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/cant-buy-me-love/pima-air-and-space-museum/detail-1651</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:46:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[janis joplin&#039;s 1967-68 apartment : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/janis-joplins-1967-68-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Janis Joplin rented an apartment at this Victorian house from 1967-1968.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/janis-joplins-1967-68-apartment/detail-1650</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:32:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[janis joplin&#039;s childhood home : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/janis-joplins-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Joplins moved into this home on August 19, 1947.  They purchased this property when it was 3130 Lombardy in Griffing Park, but the address was changed in 1982 when Grffing Park consolidated with Port Arthur.  Today, there is a sign posted by the Texas Historical Commission outside the home.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/janis-joplins-childhood-home/detail-1649</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:18:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cameron&#039;s house : ferris bueller&#039;s day off]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ferris-buellers-day-off/camerons-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In <em>Ferris Bueller's Day Off</em>, Cameron lived in this modernist, glass-walled house in Highland Park, Illinois built by architect James Speyer for Ben Rose and his wife in 1953. The pavilion known as the Ben Rose Auto Museum that held Cameron's dad's Ferrari was built by David Haid who, like Speyer, had studied under Mies van der Rohe. 

For the movie's finale, they really did crash the Ferrari out the window on a special track that kept the pavilion from being demolished. In 2009, the house was on the market for 1.65 million. No word on whether it sold.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ferris-buellers-day-off/camerons-house/detail-1648</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:24:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ferris bueller&#039;s house : ferris bueller&#039;s day off]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ferris-buellers-day-off/ferris-buellers-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exterior of Ferris Bueller's house in the John Hughes classic <em>Ferris Bueller's Day Off</em>. It's located in Long Beach, California not Chicago where the movie takes place.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ferris-buellers-day-off/ferris-buellers-house/detail-1647</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the peachoid : house of cards]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/house-of-cards/the-peachoid</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Peachoid, a water tower built to look like a peach in Frank's home district of Gaffney, South Carolina, is a focal point of Season 1, Episode 3 of <em>House of Cards</em> when a seventeen-year-old girl drives off the highway and dies while texting how the peach looks like a giant ass.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/house-of-cards/the-peachoid/detail-1646</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:46:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[brookhaven national laboratory : tennis for two]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/tennis-for-two/brookhaven-national-laboratory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Developed in 1958 by William Higginbotham to entertain bored visitors to the Brookhaven National Laboratory, <em>Tennis for Two</em> is considered one of the first video games ever created.  

The game was constructed using an oscilloscope as a display and a Donner Model 30 analog computer as a processor.  The players would use an aluminum analog joystick to volley a "tennis ball" back and forth in a profile view of a match (unlike <em>Pong</em>, which was viewed from above).  

The game was used only twice (during the Brookhaven open houses), but hundreds of people gathered in line to experience the new form of interaction. Check out this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2E9iSQfGdg" target="_blank">fascinating video</a> of the 1958 recreation. 

Higenbotham now has a special collection named for him,  the William A. Higinbotham Game Studies Collection, at Stony Brook University.  Their mission is dedicated to "documenting the material culture of screen-based game media." ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/tennis-for-two/brookhaven-national-laboratory/detail-1645</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:26:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[del amo mall : jackie brown]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/jackie-brown/del-amo-mall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The money exchange in Tarantino's <em>Jackie Brown</em> takes place at Torrance, California's Del Amo Mall (or Del Amo Fashion Center&reg; as it is now called), specifically a store called Billingsley's that isn't real. The mall is billed in the movie as the largest indoor mall in the world, although since <em>Jackie Brown</em> takes place in 1995, the Mall of America in Minneapolis had already taken over that distinction in 1992. 

Frank Black grew up <a href="/locations/music/frank-black/narbonne-high-school">in the area</a>, and his love song to the Del Amo Mall, "The Hostess with the Mostest," is on his second album <em>Teenager of the Year</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/jackie-brown/del-amo-mall/detail-1644</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:38:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st. mary&#039;s hospital, port arthur : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/st-marys-hospital-port-arthur</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On January 19, 1943, Janis Lyn Joplin was born here to Seth Joplin, an engineer at Texaco, and Dorothy Joplin, a registrar at a business college.  Janis was their first child and the family lived <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/janis-joplins-first-home">on Procter St.</a> for the first few years of Janis's life.  

The St. Mary's Hospital in Port Arthur, TX is not to be confused with the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/st-marys-hospital">St. Mary's Hospital</a> in Duluth, MN where Bob Dylan was born on May 24, 1941.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/st-marys-hospital-port-arthur/detail-1643</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:23:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[janis joplin&#039;s first home : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/janis-joplins-first-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although the original home has since been torn down, the Joplin's were living at this address when Janis was born on January 19, 1943.  For the diehard fans, the bricks of this home are for purchase at the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/museum-of-the-gulf-coast" target="_blank">Museum of the Gulf Coast</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/janis-joplins-first-home/detail-1642</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:11:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;this land is your land&quot; : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/this-land-is-your-land(43rd-street-and-sixth-avenue-new-york-new-york-10036-united-states)</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The name of the building was the Hanover House or the Hanover Hotel, and it was located at 101 West 43rd Street on the northwest corner of 43rd Street and Sixth Avenue (now called Avenue of the Americas).  Currently, it is the International Center for Photography.  

<a href="http://www.popspotsnyc.com/woody_guthrie/" target="_blank">This blogger</a> does a great job analyzing the different views Guthrie would have had out his window as he wrote his most famous song.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/this-land-is-your-land(43rd-street-and-sixth-avenue-new-york-new-york-10036-united-states)/detail-1641</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:20:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mermaid avenue : billy bragg &amp; wilco]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/billy-bragg-wilco/mermaid-avenue(2810-mermaid-ave-coney-island-brooklyn-new-york-11224-united-states)</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Guthrie family lived at 3520 Mermaid Ave for 7 years.  Guthrie used to take the kids to the beach and to his favorite restaurant- Nathan's Famous hot dogs.

Source: <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/on-woody-guthries-100th-the-family-returns-to-mermaid-avenue-20120716" target="_blank">Rolling Stone</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/billy-bragg-wilco/mermaid-avenue(2810-mermaid-ave-coney-island-brooklyn-new-york-11224-united-states)/detail-1640</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:13:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[okemah lynching bridge : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/okemah-lynching-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In May of 1911, a posse was formed to investigate a stolen cow near Okemah, OK.  The posse went to the Nelson family farm, and in the ensuing confusion a deputy was shot in the stomach and bled to death.

The father pleaded guilty to larceny and was sent to the state prison in McAlester.  However, the mother, Laura Nelson, and her son, L.D. Nelson, were sent to the Okemah County Jail.  

The two were kept there until late in the evening on May 24, 1911, when a lynch mob kidnapped them and hung them over the North Canadian River (from a different bridge, but probably at this same location).  Several photographs were taken to be made into postcards- a common tactic of the day.  These were the only photographs made of a female lynching victim in that era.

Woody Guthrie wrote many songs that reflect on this incident near his home town: "Don't Kill My Baby and My Son," "Slipknot," and "High Balladree."
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/okemah-lynching-bridge/detail-1639</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:44:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[la quinta inn walla walla : sleepwalk with me]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sleepwalk-with-me/la-quinta-inn-walla-walla</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Comedian/playwright Mike Birbiglia recounts a particularly intense somnambulatory experience in his film <em>Sleepwalk with Men</em>, where he jumped through the second-story window of his hotel room at this La Quinta Inn in Walla Walla, WA.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sleepwalk-with-me/la-quinta-inn-walla-walla/detail-1638</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:27:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kenny power&#039;s brother&#039;s house : eastbound and down]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/eastbound-and-down/kenny-powers-brothers-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Kenny Powers was living here with his brother's family (Dustin, Cassie and their kids) during Season 1 of <em>Eastbound and Down</em>.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/eastbound-and-down/kenny-powers-brothers-house/detail-1637</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:00:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pawnee city hall : parks and recreation]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/parks-and-recreation/pawnee-city-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Pasadena City Hall is the stand-in for the exterior of the Pawnee government building in <em>Parks and Recreation</em>. The Parks and Rec offices and the courtyard are filmed on a sound stage.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/parks-and-recreation/pawnee-city-hall/detail-1636</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:53:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jj&#039;s diner (interior) : parks and recreation]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/parks-and-recreation/jjs-diner-interior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Four 'N 20 Restaurant in Sherman Oaks is used as the interior of JJ's Diner in <em>Parks and Recreation</em>. Don't expect to get waffles if you go here because they don't serve them. <a href="/locations/television/parks-and-recreation/jjs-diner-exterior">The diner</a> in the establishing shot is in Atlanta. 

(via <a href="http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2012/06/21/four-n-20aka-jjs-diner-from-parks-and-recreation/" target="_blank">I am not a stalker</a>)]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/parks-and-recreation/jjs-diner-interior/detail-1635</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:50:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jj&#039;s diner (exterior) : parks and recreation]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/parks-and-recreation/jjs-diner-exterior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Most of <em>Parks and Recreation</em> is filmed in California (and Pawnee, Indiana isn't a real place in case you were wondering), but for some reason the establishing shot of Leslie Knope's favorite waffle spot is this diner in Atlanta, Georgia. The interior scenes were shot at a <a href="/locations/television/parks-and-recreation/jjs-diner-interior">restaurant</a> in California.

(via <a href="http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2012/06/21/four-n-20aka-jjs-diner-from-parks-and-recreation/" target="_blank">I am not a stalker</a>)]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/parks-and-recreation/jjs-diner-exterior/detail-1634</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:45:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ticketreturn.com field : eastbound and down]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/eastbound-and-down/ticketreturncom-field</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Home to the minor league team Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Ticketreturn.com Field (previously known as Coastal Federal Field and BB&T Coastal Field) was the Mermen's baseball field filming location for <em>Eastbound and Down</em>, Season 3.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/eastbound-and-down/ticketreturncom-field/detail-1633</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:40:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the motel : bottle rocket]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bottle-rocket/the-motel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dignan, Anthony and Bob hide out at this unnamed Hillsboro motel after the bookstore heist in Wes Anderson's first movie <em>Bottle Rocket</em>. The motel has changed ownership several times since filming, but it's currently a Days Inn. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bottle-rocket/the-motel/detail-1631</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:57:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hinckley cold storage : bottle rocket]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bottle-rocket/hinckley-cold-storage</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Hinckley Cold Storage, the cold storage facility (currently the Texas Ice House) that is the site of the botched robbery at the end of <em>Bottle Rocket</em>, is located in downtown Dallas. Turns out Wes Anderson fixture Kumar isn't so good at safe-cracking.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bottle-rocket/hinckley-cold-storage/detail-1630</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:53:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woody guthrie foundation &amp; archives  : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/woody-guthrie-foundation-archives</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Managed by Woody's daughter, Nora Guthrie, the Woody Guthrie Foundation and the <a href="http://www.woodyguthrie.org/archives/archivesindex.htm" target="_blank">Woody Guthrie Archives</a> house the largest collection of Guthrie material in the world.
  
Researchers can apply to access the handwritten lyrics, notebooks, photographs, drawings, recordings, correspondence, manuscripts and much more.  Billy Bragg used the Archives to research the material for the <em>Mermaid Avenue</em> project.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/woody-guthrie-foundation-archives/detail-1629</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:45:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[creedmoor state hospital : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/creedmoor-state-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Woody Guthrie died on October 3, 1967 while at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens, New York.  Guthrie had long suffered from the genetic neurological malady known as Huntington's disease.  He was 55 years old.

Upon cremation, Guthrie's ashes were sprinkled into the waters off the Coney Island shore.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/creedmoor-state-hospital/detail-1628</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:08:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[italian hall disaster : woody guthrie, famous strikes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie-famous-strikes/italian-hall-disaster</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Italian Hall Disaster (also known as the 1913 Massacre) is a tragedy that occurred on December 24, 1913 in Calumet, MI.

On that Christmas Eve, the striking miners of the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) had gathered with their families with the coordination of the Ladies Auxiliary of the WFM.  At that time, the miners were five months into a strike with the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company (C&amp;H).

When someone falsely yelled "fire" at the crowded gathering, there was a stampede for the exit.  Seventy-three men, women, and children (mostly striking mine workers and their families) were crushed to death.

There were accusations that union-busters were there and yelled "fire" to disrupt the gathering.  Another accusation is that the door to the exterior was forced shut by company workers.  There was never any evidence of a fire found.

The incident is recalled in the Woody Guthrie song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz7oguguIZE" target="_blank">"1913 Massacre"</a>, and the front arch from the Italian Hall still stands in this memorial park: Keweenaw National Historical Park.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie-famous-strikes/italian-hall-disaster/detail-1627</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:41:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ludlow memorial : woody guthrie, famous strikes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie-famous-strikes/ludlow-memorial</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At this location, striking miners set up a tent colony in September of 1913.  Tensions built in the ensuing months between the miners and their union (the United Mine Workers of America- UMWA) and the mine owners- the Rockefeller family-owned Colorado Fuel &amp; Iron Company (CF&amp;I), the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company (RMF), and the Victor-American Fuel Company (VAF).

On April 20, 1913, the 1,200 striking miners and their families were attacked by the Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel &amp; Iron Company camp guards.  In the ensuing battle, between 19 and 25 people were killed.  The sources vary on the exact number, but all sources include two women and eleven children, asphyxiated and burned to death under a single tent.

The "Ludlow Massacre" became a rallying cry and 700 to 1,000 striking miners "attacked mine after mine, driving off or killing the guards and setting fire to the buildings."

By the time the federal troops stopped fighting, the death toll was between 69-199 people.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie-famous-strikes/ludlow-memorial/detail-1625</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:06:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[los gatos creek county park&amp;lrm; : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/los-gatos-creek-county-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On January 28, 1948, a plane crash occurred near Los Gatos Canyon, 20 miles west of Coalinga in Fresno County, CA (this county park contains the creek that runs through the 24-mile canyon).  

The plane was deporting 28 Mexican fruit-pickers (with 4 American crew members) according to a U.S. treaty with the Mexican government known as the "Bracero Program".  There is some dispute about whether the program was beneficial or not, but the fact is that none of the Mexican laborers (27 men and 1 woman) had their names listed in any of the media coverage.  

The bodies of the Mexican laborers were buried in a mass grave at Holy Cross Cemetery in Fresno, California. The newspaper reports simply referred to them as "deportees."  Only twelve of them were ever identified.

Woody Guthrie read the account, was outraged at the callous treatment of the workers, and wrote the lyrics to "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)."
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/los-gatos-creek-county-park/detail-1623</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:35:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lead belly&#039;s apartment : lead belly]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/lead-belly/lead-bellys-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Huddie William Ledbetter, more widely known as Lead Belly, and his wife, Martha, lived at this apartment building in New York City in the 1940s.

The famous folk singer lived at this apartment until he died of Lou Gehrigs's disease in NYC on December 6, 1949.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/lead-belly/lead-bellys-apartment/detail-1622</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:53:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woody and mary guthrie&#039;s apartment : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/woody-and-mary-guthries-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After the release of <em>Dust Bowl Ballads</em> in the summer of 1940, Guthrie was also working on numerous NYC radio programs.  He sent for his wife and three children to join him at this four bedroom apartment.

The apartment became a social hub of Guthrie's world: the folks that continuously streamed included Alan Lomax, Lead Belly, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/woody-and-mary-guthries-apartment/detail-1621</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:48:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mcsorley&#039;s ale house : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/mcsorleys-ale-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This East Village bar has been around since somewhere between 1854-1865, and has been a vibrant part of the neighborhood since then.

Writers like Brendan Behan and Paul Blackburn were regulars here.  E.E. Cummings described McSorley's as "the ale which never lets you grow old" as well as "snug and evil."

Other notable visitors include Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and  Boss Tweed.  

Here is a picture of Woody Guthrie performing there in 1943.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/mcsorleys-ale-house/detail-1620</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:15:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the eagle pub : dna]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/dna/the-eagle-pub</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On February 28, 1953, Francis Crick, a researcher at Cambridge, walked into this popular campus watering hole.  His announcement: Crick and James Watson had "discovered the secret of life."

Namely, the two had decoded the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA.  Sixty years later, that discovery is still having massive ramifications.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/dna/the-eagle-pub/detail-1619</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:29:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woody guthrie water tower : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/woody-guthrie-water-tower</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1972, this water tower was erected and the words "Home of Woody Guthrie" were painted on the side.

The move was vehemently opposed by the Okemah City Council and the local Chamber of Commerce for fear that America's most famous folk singer was purportedly a communist.

The other water towers read "Hot" and "Cold".

 ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/woody-guthrie-water-tower/detail-1618</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:37:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[crystal theater : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/crystal-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On the SW corner of this intersection is the Crystal Theater, a vaudeville theater that was built in 1921 (when Guthrie was nine years old).

Woody would later recall how he used to sneak in to watch cowboy movies and other silent films.  Today, the Crystal Theater is one of the venues that hosts the annual <a href="http://www.woodyguthrie.com/" target="_blank">Woody Guthrie Folk Festival</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/crystal-theater/detail-1616</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:07:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[highland cemetery : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/highland-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[North of Okemah a few blocks on Woody Guthrie Blvd (which turns into N3770 Rd) is Highland Cemetery.  The cemetery contains the graves for Woody Guthrie's family: his sister, Clara Edna (who was burned to death in 1918), and Woody's parents, Nora Belle and Charley Edward Guthrie.

Woody Guthrie also has a grave marker at Highland (even though he was cremated and his ashes spread at Coney Island).  Guthrie's marker is engraved with the words "Bound For Glory," and a self-portrait cartoon drawn by him. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/highland-cemetery/detail-1615</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:52:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[records : dj shadow]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dj-shadow/records</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Former location of the used record store Records as seen on the cover of DJ Shadow's first album <em>Endtroducing.....</em>. That's Chief Xcel and Lyrics Born from the Solesides label browsing. This is also where they filmed parts of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InFbBlpDTfQ" target="_blank">DJ Shadow's video for "Midnight In A Perfect World."</a>

The space was rumored to be haunted by a Victorian woman the owners supposedly named Gertrude. Perhaps that's why they moved. The store is currently located down on Broadway and Land Park Drive.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dj-shadow/records/detail-1614</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:10:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cosmo&#039;s factory : creedence clearwater revival]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival/cosmos-factory</link>
				<description><![CDATA["The factory" was drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford's nickname for Creedence Clearwater Revival's rehearsal space in this converted warehouse in Berkley. <em>Cosmo's Factory</em>, CCR's fifth album, was released in 1970.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/creedence-clearwater-revival/cosmos-factory/detail-1613</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:08:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kfvd radio station : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/kfvd-radio-station</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Woody Guthrie arrived in Los Angeles in 1937 and encountered the same scorn and hatred that other "Okies" received from Californians.

Guthrie found a home at the KFVD radio station singing "old-timey" tunes as well as his own originals.

Together with his singing partner "Lefty Lou" (Maxine Crissman), Guthrie attracted attention to the plight of the Okies, as well as provided songs and stories that reminded them of home.

Guthrie also honed his skill as a political commentator, railing against corruption, injustice, and other violations of human rights.  The radio show would last until 1940, when differences between station owner Frank Burke and Guthrie ended the relationship.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/kfvd-radio-station/detail-1612</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:13:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[barton arms : miller&#039;s crossing]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/millers-crossing/barton-arms</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although the city where it is supposed to take place is never named, the Coen brothers filmed their 1990 movie <em>Miller's Crossing</em> in New Orleans. 

Barton Arms, the name of Tom's apartment, is a nod to <em>Barton Fink</em> which they wrote during a three-week break they took while writing the <em>Miller's Crossing</em> screenplay. This is the exterior filming location only. The apartment interior was shot on a set.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/millers-crossing/barton-arms/detail-1611</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:00:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rock of gibraltar : greek myths, atlantis]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/greek-myths-atlantis/rock-of-gibraltar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Rock of Gibraltar is the name given to the promontory rock formation that overlooks the landscape on the strait of Gibraltar on the southwestern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.

Currently owned by the UK Crown as a British overseas territory (to the chagrin of most Spaniards), the Rock of Gibraltar is mostly known these days for the troop of macaques that explore the labyrinth of tunnels with the tourists.

In antiquity, the Rock of Gibraltar was one of the Pillars of Hercules.  In the Greek myth of the twelve labors of Hercules, the tenth labor was to fetch the Cattle of Geryon of the far West and bring them to Eurystheus.  The Rock of Gibraltar represents the westernmost point of that labor.  Jebel Musa, across the Strait of Gibraltar, serves as the North African Pillar of Hercules.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/greek-myths-atlantis/rock-of-gibraltar/detail-1609</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:59:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[museum of the gulf coast : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/museum-of-the-gulf-coast</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in Janis Joplin's hometown of Port Arthur, TX, the Museum of the Gulf Coast has a permanent display on the second floor dedicated to the iconic singer.

The exhibit features Joplin artwork, personal effects, photographs and memorabilia, and even a replica of Joplin's painted Porsche.  There's high-tech touch screens to absorb Janis Joplin audio-video, and frequent screenings of the Joplin documentary, <em>Southern Discomfort</em>.  You can also get your Janis swag on at the gift shop as well...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/museum-of-the-gulf-coast/detail-1608</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:15:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[machus red fox : jimmy hoffa]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jimmy-hoffa/machus-red-fox</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Teamster union leader Jimmy Hoffa was last seen here in the parking lot of this upscale restaurant on the afternoon of July 30, 1975.  The address is now one of the <a title="Click to Continue &gt; by Text-Enhance" href="#">locations</a> of the Metro Detroit <a title="Click to Continue &gt; by Text-Enhance" href="#">Italian restaurant</a> chain, Andiamo.

So, if a couple guys named Tony ever invite you to have lunch here, say "Thanks, but No Thanks!" ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jimmy-hoffa/machus-red-fox/detail-1607</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:21:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the budokan : cheap trick, bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/cheap-trick-bob-dylan/the-budokan</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Budokan (or the Nippon Budokan a.k.a. Martial Arts Hall built for the 1964 Summer Olympics) is a 14,000+ person indoor arena in Tokyo. In Japan they know it mainly as a pro wrestling venue, but Americans might recognize it as that place where a lot of live albums were recorded. 

Cheap Trick recorded <em>Cheap Trick at Budokan</em> here in 1978, which became their best-selling album. Bob Dylan's live album <em>Bob Dylan at Budokan</em> was released in 1979. 

Dozens of musicians recorded live albums here, and the ones who creatively titled them <em>Live at Budokan</em> (or <em>Live at <em>the</em> Budokan</em>) include Blur, Mr Big (who later returned in 2009 with their album <em>Return to Budokan</em>), Ozzy Osbourne, Bryan Adams, Sheryl Crow and probably many more.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/cheap-trick-bob-dylan/the-budokan/detail-1605</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:45:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 1/2 west end court : bruce springsteen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/7-12-west-end-court</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Springsteen wrote "Born to Run," "Thunder Road" and "Backstreets" while living at this house on the Jersey coast from 1974-75. 

Source: "Born to Run" 30th anniversary DVD documentary from 2005.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/7-12-west-end-court/detail-1603</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:52:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[monmouth medical center : bruce springsteen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/monmouth-medical-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Boss was "Born to Run" here (ouch) on September 23, 1949.  At the time, it was called Monmouth Memorial Hospital.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/monmouth-medical-center/detail-1602</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:46:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[blarney stone : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/blarney-stone</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Blarney Stone is a piece of bluestone installed in Blarney Castle of County Cork in 1446.

According to legend, kissing the Blarney Stone will endow the kisser with the gift of gab.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtTJMTbR6Lg" target="_blank">According to Ween</a>, "the Blarney Stone brings a tear to me eye."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/blarney-stone/detail-1601</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:23:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[plymouth rock : pilgrims, american history]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/pilgrims-american-history/plymouth-rock</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located at Pilgrim Memorial State Park in Plymouth, MA are the alleged remnants of Plymouth Rock- the site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620.

"Alleged" because the specific rock itself was selected based on the memory of a 94-year-old man who was born 27 years after the Pilgrims landed.  "Remnants" because that said rock was chipped away by tourist scavengers, and broken in half (the other half is in Plymouth's meeting house, Pilgrim Hall).

The rock was inscribed with the date "1620", and is now mercifully resting under a Victorian-style canopy and behind an iron fence.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/pilgrims-american-history/plymouth-rock/detail-1600</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:48:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the phone booth : wargames]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wargames/the-phone-booth</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In <em>WarGames</em>, the phone booth scene where David calls Jennifer after he escapes from NORAD was filmed outside of Darrington, Washington (even though he says he's in Colorado). That's Whitehorse Mountain in the background. The phone booth itself is of course long gone, and the Exxon station across the street is now a Shell. The one thing that stuck in my mind when I saw this movie as a kid was how he got a free call just by using a soda can pull tab. Somehow I doubt that would work.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wargames/the-phone-booth/detail-1599</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:59:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[7-eleven : wargames]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wargames/7-eleven</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Get a Big Gulp&reg; at <em>the</em> 7-Eleven where David gets nabbed by the feds in <em>WarGames</em>! ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wargames/7-eleven/detail-1598</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:31:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[david&#039;s house : wargames]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wargames/davids-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is David's house in <em>WarGames</em> where he almost starts World War III from his bedroom. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wargames/davids-house/detail-1597</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:23:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 grand palace : wargames]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wargames/20-grand-palace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[David gets in a quick game of Galaga at 20 Grand Palace at the beginning of <em>WarGames</em> before running off to <a href="/locations/movies/wargames-superbad-joe-dirt/el-segundo-high-school">school</a>. The movie takes place in Seattle, but this arcade was in Woodland Hills, California. It's currently a clothing store.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wargames/20-grand-palace/detail-1596</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:01:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paul revere house : american revolution, freedom trail]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution-freedom-trail/paul-revere-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A small wooden house built in the North End in 1680, the Paul Revere House is the oldest building in Boston.

The home was purchased by Revere in 1770 when he was 35 years old.  It was where he was living with his family (he had 16 children in all) when he made his famous ride to Lexington on April 18, 1775.  This was later immortalized by Longfellow&rsquo;s famous poem <a href="http://poetry.eserver.org/paul-revere.html" target="_blank">"Paul Revere&rsquo;s Ride"</a>.

Today, the home is part of the Freedom Trail.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution-freedom-trail/paul-revere-house/detail-1595</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:57:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stonehenge : druids]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/druids/stonehenge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A site for prehistoric peoples as early as 8000 BC (most actively since 3100 BC), Stonehenge is a ring of standing stones and earthworks. 

The protected site in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.

The movement of Neo-Druidry has claimed it for their own as a spiritual mecca.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/druids/stonehenge/detail-1590</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:00:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[o.k. corral : wild west]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/wild-west/ok-corral</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The O.K. Corral was a horse corral (a corral is a fenced-in area for holding livestock) in Tombstone, AZ.

The O.K. stands for "Old Kindersley".  The famous gunfight did not take place at the O.K. Corral, but in a vacant lot next to Camillus Fly's photography studio, six doors down Fremont Street from an alleyway that cut through the block and served as an informal rear entrance to the corral.

The O.K. Corral is often used to defend or detract Americans penchant for shooting one another.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/wild-west/ok-corral/detail-1589</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:22:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[joshua tree national park : seven psychopaths]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/seven-psychopaths/joshua-tree-national-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Several of the psychopaths converge at Joshua Tree National Park at the end of <em>Seven Psychopaths</em> to go camping and have a shootout.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/seven-psychopaths/joshua-tree-national-park/detail-1587</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:04:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ford&#039;s theatre : abraham lincoln]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/abraham-lincoln/fords-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Ford's Theatre is where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865.  The murder has yet to be solved...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/abraham-lincoln/fords-theatre/detail-1586</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:00:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cheetahs eating zebra mural : broken crow]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/broken-crow/cheetahs-eating-zebra-mural</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Behind the Peace Coffee Shop and Trylon Microcinema is a mural by <a href="http://www.brokencrow.com/" target="_blank">Broken Crow</a> that depicts some cheetahs feasting on a zebra.  Yum...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/broken-crow/cheetahs-eating-zebra-mural/detail-1585</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:30:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bull creek : terminator 2: judgment day]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/terminator-2-judgment-day/bull-creek</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The T-1000, jumping his eighteen-wheeler down at the intersection of Plummer and Hayvenhurst, chases John Connor down the Bull Creek flood control channel that cuts through Los Angeles in <em>Terminator 2</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/terminator-2-judgment-day/bull-creek/detail-1584</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:23:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[john connor&#039;s foster parents&#039; house : terminator 2: judgment day]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/terminator-2-judgment-day/john-connors-foster-parents-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The home of John Connor's foster parents in <em>Terminator 2</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/terminator-2-judgment-day/john-connors-foster-parents-house/detail-1583</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:18:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[elysian park : terminator 2: judgment day]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/terminator-2-judgment-day/elysian-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In her <em>Terminator 2</em> nightmare, Sarah Connor is in Elysian Park near Dodger Stadium on judgment day when she sees the bomb strike Los Angeles.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/terminator-2-judgment-day/elysian-park/detail-1581</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:00:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cyberdyne systems : terminator 2: judgment day]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/terminator-2-judgment-day/cyberdyne-systems</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exteriors of Cyberdyne Systems in <em>Terminator 2</em> were filmed here at what is currently a semiconductor company in Fremont California. They made the building appear taller than it is with a glass facade of additional floors.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/terminator-2-judgment-day/cyberdyne-systems/detail-1582</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:02:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the 505 club : dan aykroyd]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/dan-aykroyd/the-505-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[While he was performing with Second City, Dan Aykroyd lived at 505 Queen in Toronto. It was at the after-hours speakeasy he ran there called the 505 Club where he first met John Belushi in 1973.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/dan-aykroyd/the-505-club/detail-1579</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:49:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[benjamin franklin statue : benjamin franklin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/benjamin-franklin/benjamin-franklin-statue</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Installed at this location in 1856, this 8-foot bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin was placed here in front of the former location of the Boston Latin School- a school that Declaration of Independence signers Franklin, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Robert Treat Paine all attended.

Founded on April 13, 1635, the Boston Latin School was the first public school in the United States.  The original school building was torn down in 1745, but has survived at several different locations since then.  It continues today in the Fenway neighborhood, and now accepts boys and girls.

Interestingly, Franklin was the most famous high school dropout from the Boston Latin School. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/benjamin-franklin/benjamin-franklin-statue/detail-1578</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:35:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[warren g. harding elementary : a christmas story]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/a-christmas-story/warren-g-harding-elementary</link>
				<description><![CDATA["I just hoped that Flick would never spot them as the word of this humiliation could easily make life at Warren G. Harding School a veritable hell." 
This location, which was known as Victoria School at the time of filming, is now a <a title="Click to Continue &gt; by Text-Enhance" href="#">women's shelter</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/a-christmas-story/warren-g-harding-elementary/detail-1577</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 06:12:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[a christmas story house : a christmas story]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/a-christmas-story/a-christmas-story-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA["Ah, there it is. My house.  And good old Cleveland Street. How could l ever forget it?"  
This house served as the Parker home for exterior shots in the 1983 film. The house is now a museum, where tours are occasionally guided by actor Ian Petrella (Randy).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/a-christmas-story/a-christmas-story-house/detail-1576</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 05:50:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[audobon ballroom : malcolm x]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/malcolm-x/audobon-ballroom</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam in 1964,  he formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU). The group held weekly meetings at the Audubon Ballroom until February 21, 1965, when Malcolm X was assassinated at this location by Nation of Islam member Talmadge Hayer (as well as two other accused shooters).

Since then, the ballroom and property was purchased by Columbia University and converted into a public/private biotech research park.  Through a series of protests, the original fa&ccedil;ade was maintained and converted to the <a href="http://theshabazzcenter.net/" target="_blank">Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center</a>.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/malcolm-x/audobon-ballroom/detail-1575</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:14:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[malcolm x house site : malcolm x]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/malcolm-x/malcolm-x-house-site</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On  May 19, 1925, Malcolm Little was born to Earl and Louise Little.  This location is where the future civil rights speaker known as Malcolm X would spend his first few years.  

The actual home at the corner of 34th and Pinkey St was torn down in 1965, before the owner knew of the historical significance.  Since then, six adjacent lots have been purchased and a park has been established by the <a href="http://malcolmxfoundation.org/wp/" target="_blank">Malcolm X Foundation</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/malcolm-x/malcolm-x-house-site/detail-1574</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:48:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[faneuil hall : american revolution, freedom trail]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution-freedom-trail/faneuil-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built by wealthy merchat Peter Faneuil in 1742 as a center of commerce,  Faneuil Hall has since been dubbed the <em>Cradle of Liberty</em> for its role in a number of political and historical events.

While the first floor still contains numerous shops, the second floor meeting room is where American patriots first coined the phrase "no taxation without representation" in response to the Sugar and Stamp Tax Acts.  

It's also where Samuel Adams railed against British occupation during the American Revolution, and where the funeral was held for victims of the Boston Massacre (also planned by Samuel Adams).

Today, Faneuil Hall is part of the Boston Freedom Trail.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution-freedom-trail/faneuil-hall/detail-1572</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:29:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[miles davis birthplace : miles davis]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/miles-davis/miles-davis-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[King of Cool and American jazz legend Miles Dewey Davis III was born in this house on May 26, 1926.

He lived here for two years until his father moved his dental practice and the family to East St. Louis.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/miles-davis/miles-davis-birthplace/detail-1571</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:06:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[spring valley inn : beat farmers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beat-farmers/spring-valley-inn</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Beat Farmers were a cowpunk/rockabilly/Americana band that formed in 1983 and played around the San Diego State campus area, especially at the Spring Valley Inn.  In that year, the Beat Farmers recorded a live album there, <em>Live at the Spring Valley Inn, 1983</em> that wasn't released until 2003.

The Beat Farmers's big hit was <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZtII8rt_Y" target="_blank">Happy Boy</a>, which is still played every Friday at 3 pm on the Pittsburgh radio station WDVE to signal the end of the work week.

Beat Farmer songs have been featured in a number of cinematic masterpieces, including <em>Rad, Teen Wolf Too, Major League,</em> and <em>The Garbage Pail Kids Movie</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beat-farmers/spring-valley-inn/detail-1570</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:23:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the wedge co-op : stuck between stations]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/stuck-between-stations/the-wedge-co-op</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Casper and Becky Fine go to the Wedge Co-op on Lyndale for a late night snack during their trek through Minneapolis in <em>Stuck Between Stations</em>. It's not really open at three A.M. in case you were wondering.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/stuck-between-stations/the-wedge-co-op/detail-1569</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:05:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[golden gate bridge : 7 wonders]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/7-wonders/golden-gate-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Completed in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge is one of the American Society of Civil Engineers selected Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

The bridge connects the city of San Francisco with Marin County to its north (the first bridge to connect over the ocean), and was the bridge with longest span until 1962 (it still has the second longest main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City).  

Joseph Strauss was the chief engineer on the Golden Gate, and was adamant of safety precautions to limit fatalities.  Strauss insisted on hard-hats well before they became <em>de rigueur</em>, and instituted a system of safety nets to catch falling workers.

In all, eleven construction workers died in the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge (a heretofore unheard of number for bridge construction).

Those who fell into the nets and survived formed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Way_to_Hell_Club" target="_blank">Halfway to Hell Club</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/7-wonders/golden-gate-bridge/detail-1567</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:09:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[queen st e &amp; church st  : the boondock saints]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-boondock-saints/queen-st-e-church-st</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Near this intersection (in the alley where you can see Henry's in the background) is where Connor MacManus (Sean Patrick Flanery) drops a toilet on a mobster's head in <em>The Boondock Saints</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-boondock-saints/queen-st-e-church-st/detail-1566</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:38:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ corsetti meat packers : the boondock saints]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-boondock-saints/corsetti-meat-packers</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This abattoir served as the filming location for the meat-packing plant from <em>The Boondock Saints</em> (1999).

Don't try and mention the rule of thumb around there...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-boondock-saints/corsetti-meat-packers/detail-1565</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:26:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jefferson davis middle school  : eastbound and down]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/eastbound-and-down/jefferson-davis-middle-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exterior for Jefferson Davis Middle School, where Kenny Powers teaches unconventional P.E. classes in <em>Eastbound and Down</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/eastbound-and-down/jefferson-davis-middle-school/detail-1564</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:31:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[schaeffer bmw : eastbound and down]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/eastbound-and-down/schaeffer-bmw</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Schaeffer BMW is owned by the silver-maned madman, Ashley Schaeffer (Will Ferrell), who continually tries to capitalize on Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) to sell BMWs.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/eastbound-and-down/schaeffer-bmw/detail-1563</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:16:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[monument valley navajo tribal park&amp;lrm;  : once upon a time in the west]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west/monument-valley-navajo-tribal-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Straddling the border between Arizona and Utah, Monument Valley's picturesque rock formations and stark landscapes were the backdrops for many of the scenes in the classic Spaghetti Western film by Sergio Leone, <em>Once Upon a Time in the West</em> (1968).

The film stars Charles Bronson as "Harmonica", who Leone referred to as "the greatest actor I ever worked with."  <em>Once Upon a Time...</em> features a soundtrack by the legendary composer Ennio Morricone, which later inspired Dangermouse's <em>Rome</em> album.

Monument Valley has been a featured location in a slew of films, tv shows, music, books, comics, and video games.  A popular lookout point is named after John Ford since he filmed nine films here (John Ford's Point).

For <em>Once Upon a Time...</em>, locations were split between Monument Valley and Spain.  The scene with the man hanging from the arch was shot here in Monument Valley.  The arch was constructed for the film, and the base remnants remain.  Take nothing but pictures...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west/monument-valley-navajo-tribal-park/detail-1562</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:01:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sierra bonita apartments : mulholland dr.]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/mulholland-dr/sierra-bonita-apartments</link>
				<description><![CDATA[These are the Sierra Bonita Apartments where the Diane Selwyn apartment is located in David Lynch's <em>Mulholland Dr.</em> 

The Walt Disney animators also supposedly lived here or used the cottages as offices in the 1930s while working on <em>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</em> (the Gelson's supermarket on Hyperion was once the animation studios). In the movie, you can see the influence of this building in the home where the seven dwarfs lived.

(Via <a href="http://badassdigest.com/2012/11/23/badass-digest-episode-10-history-on-location/" target="_blank">Badassdigest</a>)]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/mulholland-dr/sierra-bonita-apartments/detail-1561</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:55:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[griffith park tunnel : who framed roger rabbit, wargames, back to the future 2]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/who-framed-roger-rabbit-wargames-back-to-the-future-2/griffith-park-tunnel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Also known as the Mount Hollywood Tunnel (or in <em>Back to the Future 2</em> as the River Road Tunnel), this short tunnel behind the Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles was used as a filming location for a number of movies including <em>Who Framed Roger Rabbit</em> as the entrance to Toontown, <em>WarGames</em> as the tunnel to NORAD and the location of the hoverboard chase scene in <em>Back to the Future 2</em>. 

(Via <a href="http://badassdigest.com/2012/11/23/badass-digest-episode-10-history-on-location/" target="_blank">Badassdigest</a>)]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/who-framed-roger-rabbit-wargames-back-to-the-future-2/griffith-park-tunnel/detail-1560</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:51:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dewitt clinton high school : stan lee, will eisner]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/stan-lee-will-eisner/dewitt-clinton-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Established in 1897, the Governors (school mascot) have produced a number of notable alumni.  

Specific to the comic book world, Stan Lee (class of 1939- <em>Spiderman, X-Men, Fantastic Four,</em> father of Marvel Comics), Will Eisner (class of 1936- <em>The Spirit</em>, father of the modern graphic novel format) and Bill Finger and Bob Kane (class of 1933- creators of <em>Batman</em>) all graduated from Dewitt Clinton.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/stan-lee-will-eisner/dewitt-clinton-high-school/detail-1559</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:33:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[old south meeting house : american revolution, boston tea party]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution-boston-tea-party/old-south-meeting-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built by Puritans in 1729, the Old South Meeting House has had a number of brushes with history.  Benjamin Franklin was baptized here.  Phillis Wheatley, the first published black poet in the United States, was a member, as were patriots James Otis, Thomas Cushing, and William Dawes.

On December 16, 1773, five thousand colonists piled into the Old South Meeting House to voice their frustration over British taxation.  After the gathering, <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution-boston-tea-party/boston-tea-party-site">the Boston Tea Party</a> occurred at nearby Griffin's Wharf.

In the 19th century, the Old South was one of the first buildings in the United States to be preserved as a historic site; leading proponents of its protection included the philanthropist Mary Hemenway, abolitionist Wendell Phillips, and the writers Julia Ward Howe and Ralph Waldo Emerson.  

Today, the Old South is a museum open to the public and part of the Boston Freedom Trail.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution-boston-tea-party/old-south-meeting-house/detail-1558</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:08:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[boston tea party site : american revolution, boston tea party]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution-boston-tea-party/boston-tea-party-site</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On December 16, 1773, a large gathering of colonists had a heated exchange at the Old South Meeting House in Boston.  The subject was what to do with the three British ships (the Dartmouth, Eleanor, and Beaver) that were loaded down with tea and moored at Griffin&rsquo;s Wharf. 

Samuel Adams said the phrase, "Gentlemen, this meeting can do nothing more to save the country."  Later, this was interpreted as a signal (still under debate) for a group of 30 to 130 men, some dressed in Mohawk warrior disguises, to board the ships three dump all 342 chests of tea into the water.  The Boston Tea Party (as it was renamed in 1834) was over in three hours.

The exact location of Griffin's Wharf has been disputed over the subsequent years.  A plaque is located at this address and affixed to the Independence Wharf building to commemorate the occasion.  However, <a href="http://www.his.jrshelby.com/btp/" target="_blank">this blogger</a> makes a pretty convincing argument for the 500 Atlantic Ave location (the Intercontinental Boston building).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution-boston-tea-party/boston-tea-party-site/detail-1557</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:28:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bunker hill monument : american revolution, freedom trail]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution-freedom-trail/bunker-hill-monument</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Fought on June 17, 1775, the battle of Bunker Hill pitted an untrained American militia against a battle-hardened British army.  Since the Americans had little gunpowder and ammunition, the famous line <em>"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"</em> was uttered at this battle as a pragmatic order.

Out of the 2,200 British troops at the battle, almost half (1,034) were counted afterwards as casualties (both killed and wounded). The Americans lost between 400-600 combined casualties.

Also killed during this battle was the popular American patriot, Major-General Dr. Joseph Warren, who was killed during the third and final assault.

Today, Bunker Hill has a 221-foot granite obelisk to mark the first site of the first battle of the American Revolution, and is on the Boston Freedom Trail.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution-freedom-trail/bunker-hill-monument/detail-1556</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:18:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[uss constitution : american revolution, us navy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution-us-navy/uss-constitution</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Named by George Washington and launched on September 20, 1797, the <em>USS Constitution</em> is currently the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat.

The <em>USS Constitution</em> has been a part of national identity since its creation.  Paul Revere fashioned the copper bolts and and later the copper sheeting that adorned its sides (which helped earn the nickname "Old Ironsides").

The ship saw battle against the Barbary pirates of Algeria, a moment that was later reworked into the "Marine's Hymn" ("...to the shores of Tripoli").

The <em>Constitution</em> saw action in the War of 1812, the Civil War, and several other battles.  Today, it is a destination on the Boston Freedom Trail.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/american-revolution-us-navy/uss-constitution/detail-1555</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:57:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the murder house : american horror story]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/american-horror-story/the-murder-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Harmons move into this haunted house in season one of <em>American Horror Story</em>. The Los Angeles mansion was built by architect Alfred Rosenheim in 1908. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/american-horror-story/the-murder-house/detail-1554</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:30:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[varda bridge : skyfall]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/skyfall/varda-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The chase scene that kicks off <em>Skyfall</em> ends at the Varda Bridge in Turkey when James Bond takes a plunge off the top of a moving train. Spoiler alert: he doesn't die. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/skyfall/varda-bridge/detail-1553</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:14:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[randy&#039;s donuts : iron man 2]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/iron-man-2/randys-donuts</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Hungover Tony Stark meets black Nick Fury at Randy's Donuts in <em>Iron Man 2</em>. 

You can also spot a CG version of Randy's iconic donut roll past John Cusack's car in the movie <em>2012</em> when they are escaping Los Angeles, and the building makes an appearance in a number of other movies and tv shows as well.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/iron-man-2/randys-donuts/detail-1552</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:00:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sleepy hollow cemetery : washington irving]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/washington-irving/sleepy-hollow-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1849, the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is the final resting place for many notable Americans, including the author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", Washington Irving (1783&ndash;1859).  

The churchyard of a colonial-era church, built here in 1684 by Dutch settlers, is the setting for Irving's "Sleepy Hollow" story.  It's also where the headless Hessian horsemen is buried...

William Rockefeller (1841&ndash;1922), New York head of the Standard Oil Company, is buried at Sleepy Hollow.  So is Leona Helmsley (1920&ndash;2007), who famously bequeathed $12 million to her dog.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/washington-irving/sleepy-hollow-cemetery/detail-1551</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:37:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[birchbark books : louise erdrich]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/louise-erdrich/birchbark-books</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://birchbarkbooks.com" target="_blank">Birchbark Books</a> is an independent bookstore in Minneapolis owned by author and Minnesota native Louise Erdrich. She won the 2012 National Book Award for her novel <em>The Round House</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/louise-erdrich/birchbark-books/detail-1550</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:03:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[unicorn : macklemore &amp; ryan lewis]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/macklemore-ryan-lewis/unicorn</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Macklemore shows off his thrift store clothes at Seattle's Unicorn/Narwhal Bar in the video for "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2nJKJs4EiE" target="_blank">Thrift Shop</a>."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/macklemore-ryan-lewis/unicorn/detail-1549</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:54:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[red light vintage : macklemore &amp; ryan lewis]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/macklemore-ryan-lewis/red-light-vintage</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Macklemore & Ryan Lewis pop some tags at Seattle's Red Light Vintage in "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2nJKJs4EiE" target="_blank">Thrift Shop</a>."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/macklemore-ryan-lewis/red-light-vintage/detail-1548</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:53:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jimi hendrix park  : macklemore &amp; ryan lewis]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/macklemore-ryan-lewis/jimi-hendrix-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the video for "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2nJKJs4EiE" target="_blank">Thrift Shop</a>," Macklemore (on his scooter bike) catches up with Ryan Lewis (in his DeLorean) in Jimi Hendrix Park right next to Seattle's Northwest African American Museum.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/macklemore-ryan-lewis/jimi-hendrix-park/detail-1547</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:50:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[goodwill outlet store : macklemore &amp; ryan lewis]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/macklemore-ryan-lewis/goodwill-outlet-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>I&rsquo;m at the Goodwill, you can find me in the bins</em>.

This is one of the filming locations for the 'Thrift Shop' video.

Watch the video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2nJKJs4EiE" target="_blank">here</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/macklemore-ryan-lewis/goodwill-outlet-store/detail-1546</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:48:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fremont vintage mall : macklemore &amp; ryan lewis]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/macklemore-ryan-lewis/fremont-vintage-mall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis do some thrift shopping at Seattle's Fremont Vintage Mall. 

Watch the video for "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2nJKJs4EiE" target="_blank">Thrift Shop</a>."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/macklemore-ryan-lewis/fremont-vintage-mall/detail-1545</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:45:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woodlawn cemetery : herman melville]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/herman-melville/woodlawn-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On November 14, 1851, <em>Moby-Dick</em> was published for the first time in New York.  The book was written by Herman Melville and was rooted in his own experiences in the US Navy and as a merchant marine in the South Seas.

Herman Melville died in 1891, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/herman-melville/woodlawn-cemetery/detail-1544</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:24:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bloomberg tower : charle rose]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/charle-rose/bloomberg-tower</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bloomberg Tower is a 55-story glass skyscraper that opened in 2004.  

Several TV shows are taped for Bloomberg Television here at Bloomberg Television Studios, including the PBS show talk show, <em>Charlie Rose</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/charle-rose/bloomberg-tower/detail-1543</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[studio 33, cbs studios : real time, bill maher]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/real-time-bill-maher/studio-33-cbs-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Since 2003, <em>Real Time</em> with Bill Maher has been filming from Studio 33 of CBS Television City.

Maher's previous talk show was <em>Politically Incorrect</em> (1993-2002).
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/real-time-bill-maher/studio-33-cbs-studios/detail-1542</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:12:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[el capitan theatre : jimmy kimmel live]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/jimmy-kimmel-live/el-capitan-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Currently owned by the Walt Disney Company, the El Capitan Theatre is the current taping location for the late-night talk show, <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!</em>

Actually, the show is not taped live, and films next to the El Capitan in a ABC-owned TV studio.  Details...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/jimmy-kimmel-live/el-capitan-theatre/detail-1541</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:54:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nbc studios : the tonight show, jay leno]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-tonight-show-jay-leno/nbc-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>The Tonight Show</em> with Jay Leno films here at Studio 1, NBC Studios.

Leno has hosted <em>The Tonight Show</em> since May 25, 1992, with a brief respite from May 29, 2009 to March 1, 2010 when Conan O'Brien was the host.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-tonight-show-jay-leno/nbc-studios/detail-1540</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:36:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cbs television city  : the late late show, craig ferguson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-late-late-show-craig-ferguson/cbs-television-city</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>The Late Late Show</em> with Craig Ferguson films here at Studio 42.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-late-late-show-craig-ferguson/cbs-television-city/detail-1539</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:21:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[daunt books : garrison keillor]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/garrison-keillor/daunt-books</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Daunt Books is a London bookstore known for its luminescent skylights and eclectic collection.

Garrison Keillor was inspired to open <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/literature/garrison-keillor/common-good-books">his bookstore</a> at a new location after visiting Daunt Books.  

According to <a href="http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/146482405.html?refer=y" target="_blank">a Star Tribune article</a>: <em>"You're sort of overwhelmed by the beauty of it.  To someone of my age, who grew up loving books, that's a powerful thing."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/garrison-keillor/daunt-books/detail-1538</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:45:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[common good books : garrison keillor]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/garrison-keillor/common-good-books</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Originally opened in 2006 at the Blair Street Arcade in St. Paul, <a href="http://www.commongoodbooks.com/">Common Good Books</a> moved to this new storefront on April 9, 2012.

Owned by Garrison Keillor, author of several books and host of <em>A Prairie Home Companion</em>, Common Good Books is located near the campus of Macalester College.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/garrison-keillor/common-good-books/detail-1537</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:26:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[parkway motel : real steel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/real-steel/parkway-motel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Charlie and Max stay at the Parkway Motel after winning their first fight at <a href="/locations/movies/real-steel/shaefer-zoo">the zoo</a>. This is where Max (who reminded me too much of young Anakin Skywalker) teaches his robot to dance and where Charlie teaches the robot to box.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/real-steel/parkway-motel/detail-1536</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:25:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[shaefer zoo : real steel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/real-steel/shaefer-zoo</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The scenes from Shaefer Zoo where Max and Charlie win their first fight in <em>Real Steel</em> were filmed at Detroit's old Belle Isle Children's Zoo which has been closed since 2002.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/real-steel/shaefer-zoo/detail-1535</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:21:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tallet&#039;s gym : real steel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/real-steel/tallets-gym</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is Tallet's Gym from <em>Real Steel</em> which was shot in and around Detroit. <em>Real Steel</em> is about the best you can expect from a movie about boxing robots, although it was nice to see Kate from <em>Lost</em> in something again.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/real-steel/tallets-gym/detail-1534</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:19:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[silvercup studios : highlander (1986)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/highlander-1986/silvercup-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The long-winded and laborious climax to the hit fantasy/swashbuckling film <em>Highlander</em> ends on the roof of Silvercup Studios when Macleod fights The Kurgan, destroying the landmark sign in the process (but not really).

Silvercup Studios is a collection of thirteen shooting stages, and several TV shows are filmed here: <em>30 Rock</em>, <em>Gossip Girl</em>, <em>White Collar</em>, <em>A Gifted Man, Person of Interest and Unforgettabl</em>e.  THe HBO series <em>Girls</em> filmed their first season at Silvercup.  Other HBO shows filmed at this location include <em>The Sopranos, Sex &amp; the City</em>, as well as ABC's <em>Ugly Betty</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/highlander-1986/silvercup-studios/detail-1533</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:02:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[r. nash antiques : highlander (1986)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/highlander-1986/r-nash-antiques</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the storefront of R. Nash Antiques from the 1986 action/unconvincing-swordfighting classic <em>Highlander</em>. 

After fighting The Kurgan, Connor Macleod comes back to his inner sanctum to be around his baubles of immortality.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/highlander-1986/r-nash-antiques/detail-1532</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:51:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eilean donan castle : highlander]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/highlander/eilean-donan-castle</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The grounds of the Eilean Donan Castle are believed to have been settled as early as the 6th century, when the Picts of Scotland built a stone fort at the location.  

The tower house was built in the 14th century, then blown up by the English Navy in 1719, then reconstructed from 1919 to 1932.

The castle was also home to the Clan MacLeod in the 1986 film <em>Highlander</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/highlander/eilean-donan-castle/detail-1531</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:35:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[shannon&#039;s garage : drive]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/drive/shannons-garage</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is Bryan Cranston's garage where Ryan Gosling works in <em>Drive</em>. I can't recall if they call it Picture Car in the movie, but it's the Picture Car Warehouse just as it says on Ryan Gosling's work shirt. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/drive/shannons-garage/detail-1530</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:24:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nora hendrix&#039;s house :  jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/nora-hendrixs-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1942 to 1952, Nora Hendrix (grandmother to Jimi Hendrix) lived at 827 East Georgia.  Located in the Strathcona neighborhood of Vancouver (also known as the East End until the 1950s), the area is a multicultural melting pot.

Jimi Hendrix, born on November 27, 1942, undoubtedly spent some time with his grandmother at this location.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/nora-hendrixs-house/detail-1528</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:12:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jimi hendrix shrine :  jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/jimi-hendrix-shrine</link>
				<description><![CDATA[wLocated in the neighborhood formally known as Hogan's Alley (before the expansion of the Georgia Viaduct) in Vancouver is a shrine dedicated to Jimi Hendrix.  The shrine features several pictures of Hendrix and his family, as well as photocopied notes, unique art, and a garden.

The location is significant because the shrine is the remnants of Vie's Chicken and Steak House (open 1950-1976), a restaurant operated by Nora Hendrix, grandmother of Jimi Hendrix.  Jimi would stay with his grandmother nearby when his family was having troubled times.

After serving in the U.S. Army, Hendrix lived here the winter of 1962-63, practicing guitar and performing on Vancouver's Granville St.

The owner of the real estate, Vincent Fodera, realized the historical significance of the property only after seeing the address written on some artifacts at the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/pearl-jam-nirvana-jimi-hendrix/emp-museum">EMP Museum</a> in Seattle.  When asked why he opened the shrine, Fodera responded, "People are starved for history in Vancouver, and I just want them to know and remember."

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ_9Dtdk_Fk" target="_blank">Watch a video</a> about the shrine and its importance in the black culture of Vancouver.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/jimi-hendrix-shrine/detail-1527</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:55:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[big &quot;6&quot; market : drive]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/drive/big-6-market</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Where the beautiful people get their groceries. The Big "6" Market in LA is where Ryan Gosling (as Driver) first gives a ride to Carey Mulligan and her son in <em>Drive</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/drive/big-6-market/detail-1526</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:10:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the pawn shop : drive]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/drive/the-pawn-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[With some neon signs in the windows and pawn and loans painted on the side, this Santa Clara Elks Lodge became the pawn shop that Ryan Gosling (as Driver) helps rob in <em>Drive</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/drive/the-pawn-shop/detail-1525</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:39:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[flatbush avenue target : jens lekman]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jens-lekman/flatbush-avenue-target</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The end of the world is bigger than this Target department store in Brooklyn's Atlantic Terminal.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jens-lekman/flatbush-avenue-target/detail-1524</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:04:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nino&#039;s pizzeria : drive]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/drive/ninos-pizzeria</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Here's Nino's Pizzeria from <em>Drive</em>. My friend's wife said she could write a better movie than <em>Drive</em>, but I didn't believe her and I don't think she ever did.

This is actually a pizza place called Vincenzo's Pizza.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/drive/ninos-pizzeria/detail-1523</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:33:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chauvet cave : cave paintings]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/cave-paintings/chauvet-cave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located near the natural Pont d'Arc land bridge is the Chauvet Cave, a cave that contains some of the oldest existing examples of prehistoric paintings.

The cave was discovered in 1994 by a team of speleologists: Eliette Brunel-Deschamps, Christian Hillaire, and Jean-Marie Chauvet (for whom the cave is named).  Hundreds of paintings exist in the cave, and at least 13 distinct depictions of prehistoric animal species have been catalogued.

Chauvet Cave is incredibly unique for many reasons.  Not only it's age (presently thought to be 32,000-30,000 years old) but also the level of pristine condition of the artifacts in the cave.  There are footprints from humans tens of thousands of years ago, and impressions from cave bears sleeping in the cave.

In addition, the artists who created the cave paintings had a unique level of mastery to their craft.  Cave walls were cleared and etched, then charcoal used to create figures (with detail, shading and representation of movement) that seem to leap from the walls.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/cave-paintings/chauvet-cave/detail-1520</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:24:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stage 15 : conan o&#039;brien]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/conan-obrien/stage-15</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Team Coco tapes their show, <em>Conan</em>, at Stage 15 of Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, CA.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/conan-obrien/stage-15/detail-1519</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:17:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[silverlake conservatory of music : red hot chili peppers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/red-hot-chili-peppers/silverlake-conservatory-of-music</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The <a href="http://silverlakeconservatory.com/mobile/index.html" target="_blank">Silverlake Conservatory of Music</a> is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable music education.  It provides private music lessons at reasonable rates, gives grants to children in need by providing free lessons and instruments, and has eight air-conditioned studio spaces available for education and practice.

Flea and Anthony Kiedis (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) are members of the board of directors, while the rest of the RHCP are on the honorary board, along with Tim Armstrong of Rancid and Metallica.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/red-hot-chili-peppers/silverlake-conservatory-of-music/detail-1518</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the bag of nails (former) :  jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/the-bag-of-nails-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bag of Nails pub was a legendary rock venue/celebrity hangout in the 1960s.  

Jimi Hendrix played his first gig in London here.  It's also wear he met the guitar tech wiz Roger Mayer.  Mayer introduced Hendrix to the Octavia, a sound pedal he had invented that added an octave overtone to the original note.  Hendrix loved the sound and used it on the solo for "Purple Haze."  Mayer became Hendrix's sound technician.

Paul McCartney met Linda on May 15, 1967 at the Bag of Nails while watching Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames perform.  Fleetwood Mac's John and Christine McVie first met at this pub as well.

Today, the location is a private member's club named Miranda.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/the-bag-of-nails-former/detail-1517</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:42:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nancy thompson&#039;s house : a nightmare on elm street ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/a-nightmare-on-elm-street/nancy-thompsons-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nancy Thompson fights off Freddy Krueger's glove of knives at this location in the original <em>A Nightmare on Elm Street</em> (1984).

The house was in disrepair until 2006, when <a href="http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2012/10/12/the-house-in-a-nightmare-on-elm-street-was-truly-scary-before/" target="_blank">it was renovated</a>.  Today, the exterior is very similar to the original film, except now the door is blood red instead of blue.  Nice touch...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/a-nightmare-on-elm-street/nancy-thompsons-house/detail-1516</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:14:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lascaux cave paintings : cave paintings]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/cave-paintings/lascaux-cave-paintings</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On September 12, 1940, four teenagers and a dog stumbled upon a series of caves with nearly 2,000 different prehistoric drawings  near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne.  

The artwork is approximately 17,300 years old, and feature extinct animals, human figures and abstract symbols.

The Lascaux Caves were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1979.  The caves were initially open to the public, but mold and damage from human exhalation and traffic threatened the paintings, so now only science nerds can look at the ancient art.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/cave-paintings/lascaux-cave-paintings/detail-1513</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 06:56:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mall of america : wcw nitro]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/wcw-nitro/mall-of-america</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>WCW Nitro</em> debuted live from The Mall of America in Minneapolis on September 4, 1995 kicking off the WCW/WWF Monday Night Wars. It was supposedly a big deal when Lex Luger and his mullet showed up since Eric Bischoff had just poached him from WWF where he had wrestled the week before, and I guess they considered him a draw.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/wcw-nitro/mall-of-america/detail-1512</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:29:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[triple rock social club : nofx]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nofx/triple-rock-social-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Legendary punk rock venue, bar, and restaurant in the Twin Cities; basis for the NOFX song, "Seeing Double at the Triple Rock."  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d9D_W1PbQc" target="_blank">The video</a> was also shot on location.

The name comes from the 1980 film <em>The Blues Brothers</em>. The Triple Rock Baptist Church (whose pastor is James Brown) is the site where the brothers receive their "mission from god".]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nofx/triple-rock-social-club/detail-1511</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:43:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[terrebonne parish : beasts of the southern wild]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/beasts-of-the-southern-wild/terrebonne-parish</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Terrebonne Parish neighborhood of the city of Monegut in Louisiana was the principal filming location for the film <em>Beasts of the Southern Wild</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/beasts-of-the-southern-wild/terrebonne-parish/detail-1509</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:57:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[last auroch monument : beasts of the southern wild]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/beasts-of-the-southern-wild/last-auroch-monument</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the film <em>Beasts of the Southern Wild</em>, the mythical aurochs are enormous boars that inhabit the movie.

Aurochs are (or more accurately, were) neither mythical or pork-like.  The wild ancestor of cattle, aurochs were enormous and ferocious versions of today's docile domesticated breeds.  Cave paintings in France depict battles with aurochs, and their territory ranged from western Europe to eastern Asia, and into northern Africa.  

Through over-hunting, habitat destruction, and diseases from domesticated cattle, the auroch numbers diminished.  The last auroch died in 1627 in the forest outside of this Polish village.  There is a monument there to commemorate the extinction of this species.

There is currently a scientific collaboration, <a href="http://www.taurosproject.com/" target="_blank">Project TaurOs</a>, to genetically recreate the auroch species.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/beasts-of-the-southern-wild/last-auroch-monument/detail-1508</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:50:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[buttermilk drop bakery and cafe : beasts of the southern wild]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/beasts-of-the-southern-wild/buttermilk-drop-bakery-and-cafe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dwight Henry plays the father role, Wink, in the film <em>Beasts of the Southern Wild</em>.  The film was his first major acting role; Henry is a baker and business owner by trade.  The Buttermilk Drop Bakery and Cafe is where he sells the recipes he's been perfecting for the past twenty years.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/beasts-of-the-southern-wild/buttermilk-drop-bakery-and-cafe/detail-1507</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:01:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sentient sound : the black keys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-black-keys/sentient-sound</link>
				<description><![CDATA[To record their third album <em>Rubber Factory</em>, The Black Keys leased space on the second floor of a former General Tire factory in their hometown of Akron. They named the studio Sentient Sound. 

The photo on the cover of their single for "Lonely Boy" off their 2011 album <em>El Camino</em> shows a bulldozer in an empty lot where the factory used to be before it was torn down in 2010.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-black-keys/sentient-sound/detail-1506</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:51:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sons of anarchy clubhouse exterior and garage : sons of anarchy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/sons-of-anarchy/sons-of-anarchy-clubhouse-exterior-and-garage</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is where the SOA Teller Morrow garage and clubhouse exterior scenes are shot. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/sons-of-anarchy/sons-of-anarchy-clubhouse-exterior-and-garage/detail-1504</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:11:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the yankee pedlar inn : the innkeepers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-innkeepers/the-yankee-pedlar-inn</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ti West and crew stayed at the Yankee Pedlar Inn in Torrington in 2009 while working on <a href="/locations/movies/the-house-of-the-devil/the-house-of-the-devil">The House of the Devil</a>. Rumors that the hotel was haunted gave him the idea for his next movie <em>The Innkeepers</em> which they filmed there the following year. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-innkeepers/the-yankee-pedlar-inn/detail-1503</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:13:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[medical kush doctor : wilfred]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/wilfred/medical-kush-doctor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>"Prop. 215 (the California Compassionate Use Act) was enacted by the voters and took effect on Nov. 6, 1996. This law removes criminal penalties for personal use possession and cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes by patients (and their designated &ldquo;primary caregivers&rdquo;) who have a physician&rsquo;s recommendation or approval"</em> (from <a href="http://kushdr.com/the-law/" target="_blank">KushDr.com</a>).

Ryan and Wilfred take advantage of this service to get proper treatment.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/wilfred/medical-kush-doctor/detail-1502</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 03:52:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ryan newman&#039;s house : wilfred]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/wilfred/ryan-newmans-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This location is Ryan Newman's house, the ex-lawyer who thinks his neighbor's dog talks to him, from the FX series <em>Wilfred</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/wilfred/ryan-newmans-house/detail-1501</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 03:41:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[white van music album cover : jake one]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jake-one/white-van-music-album-cover</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dick's Drive-In is a burger and shake joint that dates back to the 1950s with a handful of locations around the Seattle Area. The photo on the cover of Seattle hip hop producer Jake One's debut album <em>White Van Music</em> was shot in front of the Dick's on Broadway.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jake-one/white-van-music-album-cover/detail-1500</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:24:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[peoples market album cover : clutchy hopkins, misled children]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/clutchy-hopkins-misled-children/peoples-market-album-cover</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The photo on the cover of the Clutchy Hopkins / Misled Children album <em>Peoples Market</em> was shot on the corner of Lincoln and 7th St. in Victorville, California. I have no idea what the Peoples Market was, but like everyone else I also don't know much about hip hop instrumentalist Clutchy Hopkins either. Rumor is it's a pseudonym for either DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Money Mark or MF Doom. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/clutchy-hopkins-misled-children/peoples-market-album-cover/detail-1498</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 02:22:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[azadi tower : argo]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/argo/azadi-tower</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the hostage rescue film <em>Argo</em>, the swooping aerial shots feature a unique Iranian structure in Tehran.

That tower is the Azadi Tower (translated as the Freedom Tower).  Completed in 1971, the tower is constructed primarily of white marble, and is a blend of Sassanid and Islamic architecture.  

The architect of the building, Hossein Amanat, won the commission for the tower in an architectural contest shortly after graduating from the University of Tehran.  A member of the Bah&aacute;'&iacute; faith, he continues to work, often designing buildings for that reflect his religion.

This "Gateway into Iran" was initially named the Shahyad Tower, meaning "Kings' Memorial" in commemoration of the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian Empire, but was renamed the Azadi Tower after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.  Today, the plaza is a park with several fountains and an underground museum below the tower. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/argo/azadi-tower/detail-1497</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 02:01:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[amerikkka&#039;s most wanted album cover : ice cube]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ice-cube/amerikkkas-most-wanted-album-cover</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The album cover for Ice Cube's first solo record <em>Amerikkka's Most Wanted</em> is obviously a cut-and-paste collage, but it's a respectable one considering the album came out in 1990. I bet they didn't even have photoshop back then... crazy.

The background behind his army of men is downtown Los Angeles at the intersection of South Broadway and W Olympic Blvd facing northeast. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ice-cube/amerikkkas-most-wanted-album-cover/detail-1496</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:55:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ge electronics park (former) : light emitting diode (led)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/light-emitting-diode-led/ge-electronics-park-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Back in 1962, this was the campus for the Syracuse wing of General Electric.  Constructed in 1945-1946, the original buildings housed a number of research facilities. 

In 1962 at Electronics Laboratory Building #3, Nick Holonyak did the initial work and created the first light emitting diode (or LED).  Fifty years later, the LED light bulb is now the most energy efficient light bulb on the market: LED light bulbs take 6-8 watts to power, versus 60 watts for an incandescent and 13-15 for a comparable CFL.  Also, they are supposed to last for 10 million years.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/light-emitting-diode-led/ge-electronics-park-former/detail-1495</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:30:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[d &amp; d mattress : punch-drunk love]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/punch-drunk-love/d-d-mattress</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I'm not sure if this was a furniture and mattress store at the time of filming, but it currently looks like it's a 99-cent store. This was the store front for Philip Seymour Hoffman's business (D &amp; D Mattress Man) in <em>Punch-Drunk Love</em> located in Pomona, California not Provo, Utah. 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkeLGisUHtc" target="_blank">Here's a commercial</a> for D &amp; D Mattress (and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGelfTwJWPI&feature=related" target="_blank">here's the Furniture Guy's original</a>).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/punch-drunk-love/d-d-mattress/detail-1494</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 05:01:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[et house : e.t. the extra-terrestrial]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/et-the-extra-terrestrial/et-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Location of Elliot's house in ET.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/et-the-extra-terrestrial/et-house/detail-1493</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:07:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[barry&#039;s business : punch-drunk love]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/punch-drunk-love/barrys-business</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Barry Egan's funger (fun + plunger?) business in <em>Punch-Drunk Love</em> is located in a garage behind this auto body shop on Canoga Ave in LA. Although Adam Sandler is just playing a variant of the same man-child he plays in everything he's ever been in, when this came out I thought it meant he might be branching out into better movies. Ten years later it turns out he decided making good movies is too hard or something.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/punch-drunk-love/barrys-business/detail-1492</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:56:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cheetah club : jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/cheetah-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened from May 28, 1966, and closed in the 1970s, the Cheetah Club was a disco and venue.  The musical <em>Hair</em> got its start here, and so did the dance craze known as salsa. 

Jimi Hendrix was playing shows here in 1966 when Keith Richards's girlfriend, Linda Keith, saw him perform.  She told Chas Chandler (former bass player for the Animals) about him, and Chandler became Hendrix's manager, moved him to England, and helped him form The Jimi Hendrix Experience. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/cheetah-club/detail-1491</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:22:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[1970 isle of wight festival  : isle of wight, jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/isle-of-wight-jimi-hendrix/1970-isle-of-wight-festival</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From August 26-31, 1970, anywhere from 500,000 to 800,000 people descended on the small hill of Afton Down, near the village of Freshwater, on the western end of the Isle of Wight to watch the third Isle of Wight Festival.  

Coming the year after <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/woodstock/woodstock">Woodstock</a>, the 1970 festival boasted a line-up that included The Doors, The Who, Miles Davis, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Donovan, Sly & the Family Stone, Kris Kristofferson, Leonard Cohen and the star of the festival, Jimi Hendrix.

The location was visually magnificent but ill-suited for a concert: the wind from the sea blew the sound from the audience and the stage was overlooked by a large hill that made it a virtually free concert to anybody who didn't have a ticket.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/isle-of-wight-jimi-hendrix/1970-isle-of-wight-festival/detail-1490</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:57:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fort campbell : jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/fort-campbell</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Completed on November 15, 1941, Fort Campbell is located on the Kentucky-Tennessee border.  It's the home of the the 101st Airborne Division and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

Jimi Hendrix was stationed at Fort Campbell after he joined the Army to avoid going to jail for riding in stolen cars.  He was recommended for discharge in May of 1962 after only a year of service for "behavior problems" and "requires excessive supervision," among other things.

At Fort Campbell, Hendrix met some other musicians that would be instrumental in his formation as an artist and who would serve as close friends for the rest of his short life.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/fort-campbell/detail-1489</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:55:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[temple de hirsch (former) :  jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/temple-de-hirsch-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Finished in 1909, this temple for Seattle's liberal Reform congregation was on the National Register of Historic Places until it was demolished in 1993.  Part of the fa&ccedil;ade remains.

Jimi Hendrix played his first gig in this synagogue's basement.  After some wild playing, he was fired between sets.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/temple-de-hirsch-former/detail-1488</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:11:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[horace mann elementary school :  jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/horace-mann-elementary-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jimi Hendrix went to elementary school here.  A shy and sensitive kid, he used to drag a broom handle around and pretend it was a guitar.  The school psychologist tried unsuccessfully to raise funds to buy Jimi a real guitar fearing that without it might result in "psychological damage."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/horace-mann-elementary-school/detail-1487</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:03:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jimi hendrix&#039;s hollywood star : jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/jimi-hendrixs-hollywood-star</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jimi Hendrix had a Hollywood star dedicated to him at this location on November 14, 1991.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/jimi-hendrixs-hollywood-star/detail-1486</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:45:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[washington middle school : jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/washington-middle-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jimi Hendrix went to middle school here.  Word is, they have a pretty good music program.  Go figure...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/washington-middle-school/detail-1485</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:33:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[six gallery (former) : allen ginsberg, howl]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/allen-ginsberg-howl/six-gallery-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Started by a group of artists and writers in San Francisco, the Six Gallery was a small art gallery in a former auto repair shop.

Most notably, the gallery was the site of a famous poetry reading on October 7, 1955.  Conceived by the artist Wally Hendrik, the "Gallery Six reading" (or Six Angels in the Same Performance) was a reading by six poets and writers that was one of the first public presentations by the Beat Generation.

At this reading, Allen Ginsberg first read his seminal poem, <em>Howl</em>.  In attendance, a drunken Jack Kerouac yelled "Yeah! Go!", while Neal Cassady passed around a wine jug and a collection plate.  Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who was also there, telegrammed Ginsberg the next day and offered to publish the work.

The Beats kept coming...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/allen-ginsberg-howl/six-gallery-former/detail-1484</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:06:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jay and silent bob&#039;s secret stash : kevin smith]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/kevin-smith/jay-and-silent-bobs-secret-stash</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Also known as The Stash, this comic book and novelty shop is owned by filmmaker and comic book writer Kevin Smith.  Opened at the current location in March of 1999, the store's interior was designed by a film production designer and features many props and nostalgia from Kevin Smith movies.

The shop often appears in Smith's films, such as <em>Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,</em> and is the location for the TV reality show <em>Comic Book Men</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/kevin-smith/jay-and-silent-bobs-secret-stash/detail-1483</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:58:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[thomas edison national historical park : thomas edison]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/thomas-edison/thomas-edison-national-historical-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Designated as the Edison Home National Historic Site on December 6, 1955, this location is now called Thomas Edison National Historical Park.  

The park features two main buildings: the Laboratory complex featuring numerous inventions, films, and artifacts from Edison's inventing years there (starting in 1886), and the Glenmont Estate where Edison lived with his wife until he died in 1931. 

At this location, Edison worked on making his original phonograph commercially viable, developed the kinetoscope and several other motion picture devices, and developed nickel-iron-alkaline storage batteries that powered early electric vehicles.

Also located at the park is Edison's Black Maria, one of the first motion picture studios. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/thomas-edison/thomas-edison-national-historical-park/detail-1482</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:48:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[weaver d&#039;s delicious fine foods : r.e.m.]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rem/weaver-ds-delicious-fine-foods</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The sign over the front door of Weaver D's Delicious Fine Foods in Athens, Georgia reads "Automatic For the People" inspiring the title of R.E.M.'s eighth album. The restaurant has been open for 26 years, but the owner says slow times have him on the verge of going out of business. Get over there for some soul food and show your support. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rem/weaver-ds-delicious-fine-foods/detail-1481</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:28:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jim cunningham&#039;s house : donnie darko]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/donnie-darko/jim-cunninghams-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exteriors for motivational speaker / pedophile Jim Cunningham's house in <em>Donnie Darko</em> were shot in Long Beach. It didn't really burn down. That was just the magic of cinema. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/donnie-darko/jim-cunninghams-house/detail-1479</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 03:13:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[aero theatre : donnie darko]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/donnie-darko/aero-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Here's the Aero theatre in Santa Monica where Jena Malone sleeps through her entire date with Donnie Darko and where Frank wormholes his way in next to them and finally reveals himself. 

<strong>Donnie:</strong> Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?
<strong>Frank:</strong> Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?

The theatre was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1940 and the possibly apocryphal (is that redundant?) story is that it was open 24 hours for the Douglas Aircraft employees working around the clock during the war. It's still open and had a restoration in 2005.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/donnie-darko/aero-theatre/detail-1478</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 01:39:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[minuteman missile national historic site : cold war, nuclear missiles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/cold-war-nuclear-missiles/minuteman-missile-national-historic-site</link>
				<description><![CDATA[During the Cold War, numerous missile silos were created throughout North America and the Soviet Union.  The <a href="http://www.nps.gov/mimi/index.htm" target="_blank">Minuteman Missile National Historic Site</a> is a preserved example of the operational missile sites, with nukes!  

The sites were constructed in 1961.  Part of the 44th Missile Wing, the D-01 and D-09 ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) silos were commissioned to deter a Soviet nuclear attack by ensuring mutual assured destruction <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction" target="_blank">(MAD)</a>.  

Today, the facilities are a Cold War museum, and also represent the only remaining intact components of a nuclear missile field that once consisted of 150 Minuteman II missiles, 15 launch control centers, and covered over 13,500 square miles (35,000 km2) of southwestern South Dakota.  The silos were decommissioned by the signing of the START treaty in 1991, and designated a national park in 1999.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/cold-war-nuclear-missiles/minuteman-missile-national-historic-site/detail-1477</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:09:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[southern baptist church of holy light : the walking dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/southern-baptist-church-of-holy-light</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The creepy zombie church from season 2 episode 1. It's actually Bethel United Methodist. 

<em>And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.</em>
&ndash; Revelation 16:17]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/southern-baptist-church-of-holy-light/detail-1476</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:24:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[launch site of sputnik : sputnik]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/sputnik/launch-site-of-sputnik</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On October 4, 1957, the USSR kicked off the space race with the launch of the first satellite, the adorable Sputnik (aptly, Russian for "satellite").

The People's sphere was 22 inches (56 cm) in diameter, weighed 184 pounds (83 kg), and circled the Earth once every 96 minutes at 18,000 mph (29,000 kph).  This little ball of Soviet sunshine transmitted a radio signal as its orbit fluctuated between 143 and 584 miles (230-940 km) above the earth.  It continued to do so until its orbit degraded and burnt up in the proletariat flames of the atmosphere in January of 1958.

Located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, this facility was known as the Tyuratam launch base in the 50s (named after the nearby rail station).  These days, the facility is rented from the Kazakhstan government by the Russians and is known as the Baikonur Cosmodrome.  

All manned Russian spaceflights are currently launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/sputnik/launch-site-of-sputnik/detail-1475</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 02:57:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[la belle aurore : looper]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/looper/la-belle-aurore</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Most of <em>Looper</em> was filmed in New Orleans and nearby Thibodaux, Louisiana (and some in not so nearby Shanghai China).

Rian Johnson has said that he stole Joe's character arc from Rick's arc in <em>Casablanca</em>, so it's fitting that he also borrows La Belle Aurore from <em>Casablanca</em> as well. It's the name of the caf&eacute; in Paris where Rick and Ilsa last see each other before the Nazis invade. 

The exterior for the club La Belle Aurore where the loopers hang out in <em>Looper</em> was shot on Rampart St.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/looper/la-belle-aurore/detail-1474</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:48:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jackie treehorn&#039;s house : the big lebowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski/jackie-treehorns-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When the Dude finds himself face-to-face with the pornographer Jackie Treehorn, it's at this location.

The home, also known as the Sheats-Goldstein House, was designed and built from 1961-1963 by American architect John Lautner.  Located in the hills of the Beverly Crest neighborhood, the home's use of the Organic Architecture style was built into the sandstone cliffs and meant to evoke a cave-like dwelling.

The home has appeared in the films <em>The Big Lebowski</em> (1998), <em>Bandits</em> (2001), and <em>Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle</em> (2003).

View a tour and interview with current owner James Goldstein <a href="http://vimeo.com/30456390#" target="_blank">here</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski/jackie-treehorns-house/detail-1473</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:18:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nicole brown simpson&#039;s condo : oj simpson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/oj-simpson/nicole-brown-simpsons-condo</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles is the former residence of Nicole Brown Simpson.

At 12:10 a.m. on June 13, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were found murdered outside this residence.

Simpson's lawyers convinced the LAPD to allow O.J. to turn himself in for a suspected double homicide.  Instead of willfully going to jail, O.J hopped in a white Ford Bronco with Al Cowlings and had a slow-speed chase during Game 5 of the Knicks-Heat Finals (the game was shown in a tiny box in the corner while the helicopter footage filled the screen).

On October 3, 1995, after a 252-day trial, O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the murder charges.  

Today, O.J. is in jail on 12 other charges, including armed robbery and kidnapping, and serving a 33-year prison sentence.

The four bedroom, 3,700 sq ft. condo had its address changed to 879 S. Bundy Drive, and the house sold in 2006 for just under $1.7 million.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/oj-simpson/nicole-brown-simpsons-condo/detail-1472</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:25:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the station nightclub : great white]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/great-white/the-station-nightclub</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Former location of the Station nightclub in Rhode Island which went up in flames on February 20, 2003 during a Great White concert, killing 100 people (including Great White's guitarist at the time Ty Longley) and injuring over 200 after some pyrotechnics ignited sound insulation foam behind the stage. 

There is a ten minute video of the incident online, but it's unnerving so I'll let you search for it yourself if you want to watch that sort of thing.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/great-white/the-station-nightclub/detail-1471</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 03:20:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the dude&#039;s house : the big lebowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski/the-dudes-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located three blocks from the beach in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles, the Dude's cottage is one of a series of six on a quarter-acre lot that were constructed in 1928.

When <em>The Big Lebowski</em> came out in 1998, the area was much seedier (read: affordable) than it is today. The cottages were listed on the market in 2011 for $2,295,000.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-big-lebowski/the-dudes-house/detail-1470</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:45:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[freddie mercury lived (and died) here : freddie mercury, queen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/freddie-mercury-queen/freddie-mercury-lived-and-died-here</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen, lived in this $6 million until his death (at this location) of AIDS-related pneumonia on November 24, 1991.  Mercury did not announce to the world that he had AIDS until 24 hours prior to his death.

The very worldly Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on September 5, 1946.  The Bulsara family moved to India in 1947.  Mercury began piano lessons and music theory as he attended boarding school in Panchgani, just outside Bombay.  The family moved to England in 1963.

The Mercury house on Logan still stands today.  His former girlfriend, Mary Austen, was very close to Mercury and inherited the house where she still lives today.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/freddie-mercury-queen/freddie-mercury-lived-and-died-here/detail-1469</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 02:00:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lakewood fairgrounds : smokey and the bandit]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/smokey-and-the-bandit/lakewood-fairgrounds</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1916 on 117 acres of former Creek Indian land around a 15-acre lake, the Lakewood Fairgrounds were constructed for the home of the Southeastern Fair: an area that contained a circus big top, arcade games, vendors, and a large carousel that remained on the premises until 1967.

The fairgrounds were featured extensively in the 1977 film <em>Smokey and the Bandit</em>, including the beginning and the ending of the film, the "Truck Rodeo" drag race, the Bandit on his hammock, the gate crashing scene, and the "Southern Classic Race."

For the second <em>Smokey</em> sequel, the film crew returned to the fairgrounds to incorporate the destruction of the wooden roller coaster, the Greyhound, as part of the film.

Today, EUE/Screen Gems is building a studio complex on the grounds for tv and film production.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/smokey-and-the-bandit/lakewood-fairgrounds/detail-1468</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:04:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the rialto : run-dmc]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/run-dmc/the-rialto</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the music video for "It's Tricky", Run-DMC bust up Penn and Teller's three-card Monte scam in front of downtown L.A.'s Rialto Theater, although the joke is on them when Penn and Teller impersonate the group on stage in Japan six months later in front of a crowd who evidently can't tell the difference. 

The historic Rialto on Broadway opened in 1917 and closed in 1988. The rumor in fall of 2012 is that Urban Outfitters is interested in the building for a retail store.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-O5IHVhWj0" target="_blank">Watch "It's Tricky"</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/run-dmc/the-rialto/detail-1466</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:33:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ first christian church of north hollywood : what about bob?]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/what-about-bob/first-christian-church-of-north-hollywood</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) marries Dr. Leo Marvin's sister, Lily Marvin, (aka Fran Brill) in this church at the end of the 1991 film, <em>What About Bob?<em></em></em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/what-about-bob/first-christian-church-of-north-hollywood/detail-1465</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:42:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[drug checkpoint on i-10 : snoop dogg, willie nelson, fiona apple]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/snoop-dogg-willie-nelson-fiona-apple/drug-checkpoint-on-i-10</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On Interstate 10 near the west Texas town of Sierra Blanca, the border patrol has set up a quasi-legal checkpoint with drug-sniffing dogs that has been a boon to the local economy.  Lawyers in the area specialize in defending drug arrests. 

Among the celebrities to have been arrested in Sierra Blanca for marijuana possession include Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Fiona Apple, and the first guy to hack the iPhone and the PS3, "geohot" (<a href="http://abovethelaw.com/2012/03/famed-hacker-arrested-for-pot-possession-en-route-to-sxsw/" target="_blank">aka George Hotz</a>).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/snoop-dogg-willie-nelson-fiona-apple/drug-checkpoint-on-i-10/detail-1464</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:22:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hank and marie schrader&#039;s house : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/hank-and-marie-schraders-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Hank and Marie's adobe abode in <em>Breaking Bad</em> is in an expensive and elevated neighborhood in Albuquerque just west of the Sandia Mountains. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/hank-and-marie-schraders-house/detail-1463</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:09:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[old lee county courthouse : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/old-lee-county-courthouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From an Elvis plaque outside the courthouse:

<em>"In 1946, Tupelo radio station WELO broadcast weekly music jamborees from the Courthouse. Mississippi Slim, who had his own show on WELO, arranged for Elvis to perform at the jamboree. Elvis' dream was to become as famous as Mississippi Slim and to have his own radio show some day."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/old-lee-county-courthouse/detail-1462</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:14:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[221b baker street : sherlock holmes (bbc)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/sherlock-holmes-bbc/221b-baker-street</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Because of traffic on Baker Street and the fact 221B Baker Street houses <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/literature/sherlock-holmes/the-sherlock-holmes-museum">The Sherlock Holmes Museum</a>, the exteriors for the Sherlock Holmes flat in the Benedict Cumberbatch BBC version of Sherlock were shot next to Speedy's Sandwich Bar &amp; Cafe on North Gower in London a little over a mile from the address made famous in the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/sherlock-holmes-bbc/221b-baker-street/detail-1461</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:13:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the sherlock holmes museum : sherlock holmes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/sherlock-holmes/the-sherlock-holmes-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Even though it's technically located between 237 and 241, the official address of the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London is 221B Baker Street, the address where Sherlock and Watson lived in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.

For many years, the Abbey National building on Baker Street received mail delivered to 221B (from fans or else crazies hoping to correspond with the fictional Sherlock himself) until the museum, founded in 1990, decided that somehow they could claim the 221B address. The dispute lasted until Abbey National vacated their building in 2005.

The museum features Holmes memorabilia and is modeled after the description of the residence in the stories. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/sherlock-holmes/the-sherlock-holmes-museum/detail-1460</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 03:50:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the adventures of tintin mural : tintin, herg&amp;eacute;]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/tintin-herge/the-adventures-of-tintin-mural</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Stockel Metro Station in Brussels features murals on either side of the underground station's walls showing all 140 characters from the <em>The Adventures of Tintin</em>. The mural was drawn by Herg&eacute; and completed by Studio Herg&eacute;, his longtime group of collaborators, in 1988. 

You can see a full set of photos from the mural <a href="http://www.brusselspictures.com/2009/06/07/tintin-mural-at-stockel-metro-station/" target="_blank">here</a>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/tintin-herge/the-adventures-of-tintin-mural/detail-1459</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:37:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ jesse james home museum  : jesse james]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jesse-james/jesse-james-home-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Jesse James Home is the home where the infamous outlaw Jesse James was killed on April 3, 1882.

James (aged 34) had been an outlaw almost half his life. He was shot by fellow gang member, Bob Ford, to collect a $10,000 reward. The bullet entered behind his right ear and &mdash; some believe &mdash; came out over his left eye, leaving the legendary bullet hole.

The museum features artifacts from Jesse's life and death, as well as those of Frank James and the Ford brothers. Also in the museum is evidence from the 1995 exhumation, which proved with 99.7% certainty that the person killed in this house was, in fact, Jesse James.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/jesse-james/jesse-james-home-museum/detail-1458</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:52:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tintin fire escape mural : tintin, herg&amp;eacute;]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/tintin-herge/tintin-fire-escape-mural</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A five-story-tall scene from <em>The Adventures of Tintin</em> showing Haddock and Tintin on a fire escape is painted on the side of a building on Rue de l'Etuve in Brussels. It's located just down from the Manneken Pis sculpture, Brussels' famous landmark of a young boy pissing into a fountain.

The mural was painted in 2004 and comes from <em>The Calculus Affair</em> (#18 in the <em>The Adventures of Tintin</em> series), a 1950s cold war detective story about a sonic weapon of mass destruction.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/tintin-herge/tintin-fire-escape-mural/detail-1457</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:00:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[h&amp;ocirc;tel cornavin : the adventures of tintin , the calculus affair]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/the-adventures-of-tintin-the-calculus-affair/hotel-cornavin</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Hotel Cornavin as seen in <em>The Calculus Affair</em>, #18 in <em>The Adventures of Tintin</em> series. 

Professor Calculus stays here while in Geneva, although if you visit you won't be able to stay in his room (room 122 on the fourth floor) because it doesn't actually exist. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/the-adventures-of-tintin-the-calculus-affair/hotel-cornavin/detail-1456</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:50:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[death valley national park : star wars, return of the jedi]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi/death-valley-national-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although most of it was filmed overseas, some key shots of <em>Star Wars</em> were filmed in Death Valley.  Not surprisingly, the filming locations were intended to represent Luke's home planet, Tatooine.  When <em>Return of the Jedi</em> was made, the crew returned to the famous national park.  A self-guided walking tour (with pictures!) can be found <a href="http://www.panamintcity.com/exclusives/starwars.html" target="_blank">at this site</a>.

A more complete list of the many films shot at Death Valley can be found on the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/deva/historyculture/death-valley-in-movies-and-television.htm" target="_blank">nps.gov website</a>.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi/death-valley-national-park/detail-1454</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:16:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[shake rag (or shakerag) : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/shake-rag-or-shakerag</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Elvis and his family lived near this predominantly African-American neighborhood in Tupelo.  The Mississippi Blues Commission put a sign here in 2003 that reads as follows: 

<em>"Shake Rag, located east of the old M&amp;O (later GM&amp;O) railway tracks and extending northward from Main Street, was one of several historic African American communities in Tupelo. By the 1920s blues and jazz flowed freely from performers at Shake Rag restaurants, cafes, and house parties, and later from jukeboxes, while the sounds of gospel music filled the churches. The neighborhood was leveled and its residents relocated during an urban renewal project initiated in the late 1960s."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/shake-rag-or-shakerag/detail-1453</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:30:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cerro tololo inter-american observatory  : dark energy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/dark-energy/cerro-tololo-inter-american-observatory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located high in the mountains of the Atacama Desert of northern Chile (one of the most arid regions in the world), the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory is an array of telescopes and scientific instruments that was founded in 1963 by Chileans and Americans.

Most recently, a phone box-sized Dark Energy Camera (or DECam) has been mounted on the 4m Victor M. Blanco telescope.  The purpose of the 570-million-pixel camera is to scan some 300 million galaxies in the coming five years for evidence of dark energy.

The camera is comprised of 62 separate CCDs, the same kind of detector in consumer cameras.  By doing some fancy stuff with a computer model and measuring red-shifting of an expanding galaxy paired with echoes of the Big Bang, the DECam should help to isolate and quantify dark energy.  Simple as that...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/dark-energy/cerro-tololo-inter-american-observatory/detail-1452</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:58:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[antietam national battlefield : photography, photojournalism]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/history/photography-photojournalism/antietam-national-battlefield</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On Sept 17, 1862, the bloodiest battle in American history occurred.  On that day, 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat at the Battle of Antietam.  The battle ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North, and it led to Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

Named after Antitam Creek (and also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, especially in the South), the battle was also the first recorded instance of war photography.  Scottish-born Alexander Gardner created a number of images of body-strewn battlefields, leaders and soldiers in tents, and layouts of important locations from the battle.  In essence, it was a founding moment of photojournalism.

Garnder worked for the studio of New York portrait photographer Matthew Brady, who claimed sole credit for the photos in subsequent show.  When Brady showcased the photos in New York, it caused lines around the block to see them.  The Times said,  &ldquo;If he has not brought bodies and laid them in our dooryards and along the streets, he has done something very like it.&rdquo;

Gardner formed his own photography studio in 1863, and continued to document the war.  On some occasions, he was known to have hired assistants use blood red paint to enhance injuries and to move bodies to more dramatic locations for photos.  Maybe he should be considered the first Photoshop-er as well.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/history/photography-photojournalism/antietam-national-battlefield/detail-1451</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:16:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[johnnie&#039;s drive-in : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/johnnies-drive-in</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Established in 1945, Johnnie's Drive-In is a fixture of the Tupelo, MS community.

Elvis Presley used to frequent Johnnie's to have an RC Cola and a hamburger when he lived here as a kid.  He would visit the location whenever he came through on tour, and the restaurant features an "Elvis Booth."  Throughout Johnnie's are many pictures and other Elvis memorabilia.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/johnnies-drive-in/detail-1450</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:55:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tupelo hardware company, inc.  : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/tupelo-hardware-company-inc</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1946, Elvis Presley's mother was at this hardware store with her son.  To distract Elvis from the .22 rifles, she showed him the guitars.  After Elvis began strumming one, she purchased him his first guitar at this location.

The pastor at their church taught him how to play, and Elvis with his guitar became a regular sight around town.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/tupelo-hardware-company-inc/detail-1449</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:14:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[downtown lake winnipesaukee : what about bob?]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/what-about-bob/downtown-lake-winnipesaukee</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) arrives on bus to the fictional town of Lake Winnipesaukee to find Dr. Leo Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss), he is acutally arriving in the freshly painted and film-dressed old downtown of Moneta, VA.  The general store was really in operation, but the bus depot was Moneta Produce before it was shot in the film.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/what-about-bob/downtown-lake-winnipesaukee/detail-1448</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:40:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[elks national home : what about bob?]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/what-about-bob/elks-national-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the film, when Dr. Leo Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss) has had it with Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) he calls in a favor with a colleague and tries to have him committed at a mental institution.  Unfortunately for Dr. Marvin, the doctors and staff think Bob is a great guy and have to release him.

The Elks National Home is a retirement community in Bedford, and it was the filming location for the institution in the film.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/what-about-bob/elks-national-home/detail-1447</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:27:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the marvins&#039; summer home : what about bob?]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/what-about-bob/the-marvins-summer-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Set in the fictional town of Lake Winnipesaukee (there is a Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, but no town named after it), the majority of the 1991 comedy <em>What About Bob?</em> was shot in and around the town of Moneta, VA.  The film was shot in VA since because the foliage had already turned colors when the film was ready to shoot (from August 27- November 21 1990).  The actual lake is Smith Mountain Lake in Virigia, a 40-mile man-made lake created by damming the Roanoake River.

In the film, Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) is a multiphobic personality who unhealthily latches on to his cocky psychiatrist (Richard Dreyfuss), follows him to his summer home (this location), and ingratiates himself with his doctor's family.  This home was used extensively for interiors and exteriors of the film.

To the visit the home through a photo tour (both then and now) <a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/2011/01/30/then-now-the-lake-house-from-what-about-bob/" target="_blank">visit here</a>.  *Spoilers on that page.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/what-about-bob/the-marvins-summer-home/detail-1446</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:12:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[antique archaeology : american pickers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/american-pickers/antique-archaeology</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Tucked away in the nose of Iowa is Antique Archaeology, the home base for the crew from History Channel's <em>American Pickers</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/american-pickers/antique-archaeology/detail-1445</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:40:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bar keeper : storage wars]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/storage-wars/bar-keeper</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This location was featured on the A&E show <em>Storage Wars</em> when Barry brought in a sterling martini tray.  It was valued at $1000.

Bar Keeper "prides itself on being a 'head shop' for those who want to prepare and serve their cocktails with style."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/storage-wars/bar-keeper/detail-1444</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:49:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[garfield high school : jimi hendrix, quincy jones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix-quincy-jones/garfield-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1923 as East High School at it's present location, James Garfield High School is known as the magnet school for the school district's Accelerated Progress Program for especially gifted students. As a result, it has many college-level classes available ranging from calculus-based physics to Advanced Placement (AP) studio art.

Famous alumni of Garfield High include Jimi Hendrix and Quincy Jones.  A sculpted bust of Hendrix (by Jeff Day of Whidbey Island) is located in the library of the school.  The public can see the sculpture with a pass from the main office.  

The children like to roll up paper and place it in the bust's mouth to make it look like Hendrix is smoking a joint.  A student once placed a walkie-talkie inside the bust to perpetrate like it was talking.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix-quincy-jones/garfield-high-school/detail-1443</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 05:48:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[23 brook street : jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/23-brook-street</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On the exterior of 23 Brook St is an blue English heritage plaque indicating that Jimi Hendrix lived at the location from 1968-1969.  The plaque was dedicated on Sept. 15, 1997 by Pete Townshend.

The flat was mainly lived in by Hendrix's girlfriend at the time, Kathy Etchingham, and her friend, Angie Bourdon.  

Next door at 25 Brook Street is the Handel House Museum, where German-born baroque composer George Frideric Handel made his home in London in 1712 and eventually became a British citizen in 1727.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/23-brook-street/detail-1441</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:42:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[samarkand hotel : jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/samarkand-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On September 18, 1970, Jimi Hendrix went to the basement apartment of his girlfriend, Monika Dannemann, at this location (apartment #22).

Hendrix had taken 9 of her prescribed Vesparax sleeping pills to help him sleep.  This particular brand of Belgian sleeping pill was a much stronger presciption then he was used to, and the mix of red wine and sleeping pills cause him to asphyxiate on his own vomit.  He was 27 years old.

There are a number of the prerequisite conspiracy theories surrounding Hendrix's death, but those are the established facts.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/samarkand-hotel/detail-1440</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:36:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[coletta&#039;s italian restaurant : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/colettas-italian-restaurant</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened in 1923, Coletta's has been a Memphis institution for years.  The King used to love to eat the famous barbeque pizza here (a pizza that Coletta's claims to have invented).

Today, there are two Coletta's in Memphis (this is the one that the King frequented).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/colettas-italian-restaurant/detail-1437</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:50:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[1034 audubon dr : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/1034-audubon-dr</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1956, Elvis bought this house at 1034 Audubon Dr for his family for $29,000 (after leaving their apartment at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/1414-getwell-rd">1414 Getwell Rd</a>). 

The family lived there for just one year before Elvis bought <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/graceland">Graceland</a>. The house still stands today.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/1034-audubon-dr/detail-1436</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:35:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[former jimi hendrix boyhood home : jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/former-jimi-hendrix-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Originally located in the Central District, Al Hendrix bought a home at this location in 1950 with a $10 down payment. 

Jimi Hendrix lived at this address from the ages of 10 to 13, when he first discovered music.  Leon Hendrix (Jimi's younger brother by five years) remembers Jimi playing the Peter Gunn theme on a ukulele "because you could play it using only one string."

The home was originally moved to the Hi-Land Mobile Manor, a trailer park opposite to the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/jimi-hendrix-memorial">Jimi Hendrix memorial</a> at Greenwood Memorial Park in Renton, but the house was torn down in 2009 because financing couldn't be secured.  The contents of the home (wood, bathtub, doors, etc.) have been put into storage for safe-keeping.  Pictures of the pre-disassembled home can <a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2008952210_hendrix31m.html" target="_blank">be seen here</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/former-jimi-hendrix-boyhood-home/detail-1435</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:48:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[memoryville : the lost scrapbook, evan dara]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/memoryville</link>
				<description><![CDATA[	<em>&mdash;I mean, when I go into Rolla, to work at Memoryville&mdash;I do maintenance on the classic cars they got there, like before and after show runs and such&mdash;when I go there, and they all know I'm from here, I mean&mdash;
	&mdash;I mean, they might not want to shake my hand&mdash;
	&mdash;They might want, I don't know, to stay away from me&mdash;</em>
	
	&ndash; <em>The Lost Scrapbook</em> p. 430
	
	Former site of the Memoryville Antique Car Museum which closed in 2009.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/memoryville/detail-1434</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:40:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[love canal : the lost scrapbook, evan dara]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/love-canal</link>
				<description><![CDATA[	<em>&mdash;This is <em>not</em> Love Canal, Fobel then said and smacked the top of his lectern: there is <em>no</em> equivalent between that situation and ours, I heard him say&mdash;
	
	&mdash;At Love Canal, the Hooker Chemical Corporation was found guilty of <em>monstrous</em> violations of the law, I heard him say&mdash;</em>
	
	&ndash; <em>The Lost Scrapbook</em> p. 388
	
	Love Canal, a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, NY, was the site of a toxic dump in the 1940s, although to be fair the Hooker Chemical Company had permission to dump waste into the canal and when the Niagara Falls School District wanted the land in 1953 to build a school, Hooker sold them the land for $1, because, you know, it <em>was</em> poisonous.
	
	The city continued to build on the land, and in the 1970s, birth defects and a whole host of other health problems in the community started to appear. This mirrors what happens in <em>The Lost Scrapbook</em> in the fictional Missouri town of Isaura.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/love-canal/detail-1433</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:27:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[meramec caverns : the lost scrapbook, evan dara]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/meramec-caverns</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>I mean, Meramec Caverns already gets lots of tourists&mdash;it's the largest cave formation in the world, for heaven's sake, and other people come to see it because it was where Jesse James hid, and because they have his hideout made up just like it was in the 1870's;</em>
&ndash; <em>The Lost Scrapbook</em> p. 342]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/meramec-caverns/detail-1432</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:05:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tintin building : tintin, herg&amp;eacute;]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/tintin-herge/tintin-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Tintin building (a.k.a. the Lombard building a.k.a. the Kuifje building) in Brussels, home of the &Eacute;ditions du Lombard publishing house that published <em>Tintin</em> magazine (and the Dutch version <em>Kuifje</em>) from 1946-88.

On top of the building is an illuminated sign of Tintin and Snowy.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/tintin-herge/tintin-building/detail-1431</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:07:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[alcor life extension foundation : cryonics]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/cryonics/alcor-life-extension-foundation</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Alcor Life Extension Foundation is the largest cryonics organization in the world today.  With 12 full-time employees, Alcor has 975 members with 112 members currently in a state of cryopreservation, with 76 of those members in a state of brain preservation, preserved perpetually by liquid nitrogen.

This is where the head of baseball player Ted Williams is preserved.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/cryonics/alcor-life-extension-foundation/detail-1430</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:28:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the ambassador hotel : the lost scrapbook, evan dara]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/the-ambassador-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>&mdash;CBS flew us in on the following Saturday afternoon and put us up in the Ambassador Hotel&mdash;</em>
&ndash; <em>The Lost Scrapbook</em> p. 287

Former location of the Ambassador Hotel in Washington D.C. I'm not sure when this particular story was supposed to take place, but the Ambassador was torn down in 1979.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/the-ambassador-hotel/detail-1429</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:27:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[peter tosh monument : peter tosh]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/peter-tosh/peter-tosh-monument</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Peter Tosh, former member of Bob Marley's Wailers and accomplished solo reggae artist, was killed by gunmen during a home invasion on Sept. 11, 1987.

South from this location on A2 is a monument (or a memorial/mausoleum) dedicated to Peter Tosh.  

A museum honoring the artist is currently in the fund-raising stage.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/peter-tosh/peter-tosh-monument/detail-1428</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:22:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[emporia : the lost scrapbook, evan dara]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/emporia</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>&mdash;in fact, yo's[sic] truly is now a dweller in a rented house (and, if that doesn't sufficiently floor you, I will add that I actually only rent the upstairs) in the decidedly unbumptious burg of Emporia&mdash;yes, there&mdash;there where the postmen and the pharmacists still smile, where a kid pedaling a bike recently received a speeding ticket, and where time itself seems to have slept in&mdash;</em>
&ndash; <em>The Lost Scrapbook</em> p. 283]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/emporia/detail-1427</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:39:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[statue of herg&amp;eacute; : herg&amp;eacute;]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/herge/statue-of-herge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[You can find a bust of Belgian comics writer and artist Herg&eacute; on the corner of a street named in his honor in the French city Angoul&ecirc;me. 

Herg&eacute;, who died in 1983, is best known for his comic book series <em>The Adventures of Tintin</em>. Steven Spielberg made a 3D Tintin movie in 2011, but I don't know anyone who saw it. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/herge/statue-of-herge/detail-1426</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:22:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rahway high school : milton friedman, carl sagan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/milton-friedman-carl-sagan/rahway-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A four-year high school in Rahway, NJ, Rahway High has been at this location since 1941.

Economist and author (and Nobel laureate) Milton Friedman graduated from Rahway in 1928, just before his 16th birthday.

Astronomer and author Carl Sagan (1934&ndash;1996) also graduated from Rahway High School.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/milton-friedman-carl-sagan/rahway-high-school/detail-1425</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:01:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[san felipe de neri church : the lost scrapbook, evan dara]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/san-felipe-de-neri-church</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>...I spent 45 minutes walking around Old Town and its passionate two-story sham, going up 12th Street and all the way past and around I-40...then I sat out in the square in front of San Felipe...</em>
&ndash; <em>The Lost Scrapbook</em> p. 270]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/san-felipe-de-neri-church/detail-1424</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:56:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[caravan east : the lost scrapbook, evan dara]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/caravan-east</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>...so I decided to speak with him the following Thursday night, when we had informal plans to go to the Caravan East, a cowboy haunt that still manages to be tolerable...</em>
&ndash; <em>The Lost Scrapbook</em> p. 271]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/caravan-east/detail-1422</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 06:45:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ canongate kirk : adam smith, the wealth of nations]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/adam-smith-the-wealth-of-nations/canongate-kirk</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Adam Smith, author of <em>The Theory of Moral Sentiments</em> (1759) and <em>An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations</em> (1776), commonly referred to as <em>The Wealth of Nations</em>, is buried at the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/adam-smith-the-wealth-of-nations/canongate-kirk/detail-1423</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:38:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[harps lake : the lost scrapbook, evan dara]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/harps-lake</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>...So I managed to break away and got out of Carl's real quick, and rather than heading to work I buzzed on home; I then called in and, citing toxic faijitas[sic], got the night off; immediately, then, I headed out and drove around near Harp's Lake almost all night; then I came home and collapsed;</em>
&ndash; <em>The Lost Scrapbook</em> p. 221]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/harps-lake/detail-1420</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:16:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[reelfoot lake state park : the lost scrapbook, evan dara]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/reelfoot-lake-state-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>&mdash;and I followed followed him off the highway, down Route 21, and then through a sequence of swervy roads; this continued for several miles, and although the darkness was nearly total it was evident that we were passing through an area thick with trees, probably a corner of Reelfoot Lake State Park;</em>
&ndash; <em>The Lost Scrapbook</em> p. 22]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/reelfoot-lake-state-park/detail-1419</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:49:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ritter springs park : the lost scrapbook, evan dara]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/ritter-springs-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>all that summer, I spent afternoons riding up and down the hill to Ritter Springs Park, with its green slopes and abandoned gazebo;</em>
&ndash; <em>The Lost Scrapbook</em> p. 13]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/ritter-springs-park/detail-1418</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 06:58:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lakeland regional hospital : the lost scrapbook, evan dara]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/lakeland-regional-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>my mother works as an assistant night-administrator at Lakeland Regional Hospital, and her job keeps her away six evenings a week, with heavy overtime; thus the situation in my home, that quiet night, was entirely within accepted tradition: over the last ten years my mother and I have regularly gone for days without seeing one another;</em>
&ndash; <em>The Lost Scrapbook</em> p. 12]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/lakeland-regional-hospital/detail-1417</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 06:47:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[meador park : the lost scrapbook, evan dara]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/meador-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>but no: this is not progress, this is not achievement, it is much the opposite: I am a figure on a treadmill, and my steps are delivering me nowhere: I can displace nothing; going past Bennett Street, then past Seminole Street, then continuing past Sunset, storefront-glass gives way to rot-wood houses which give way to the green sweep of Meador Park; but nothing changes, nothing is removed: I am traveling nowhere;</em>
&ndash; <em>The Lost Scrapbook</em> p. 8]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-lost-scrapbook-evan-dara/meador-park/detail-1416</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 04:54:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lahey&#039;s luxury estates : trailer park boys: countdown to liquor day ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/trailer-park-boys-countdown-to-liquor-day/laheys-luxury-estates</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In <em>Countdown to Liquor Day</em>, they filmed Lahey's new trailer park, Lahey's Luxury Estates, at a trailer park off Caldwell Road in Eastern Passage right next to where they filmed <a href="/locations/television/trailer-park-boys/julians-trailer-in-sunnyvale-in-season-four">Trailer Park Boys season 4</a>. You'll find the trailer Lahey shared with Randy at 17 Juniper Crescent.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/trailer-park-boys-countdown-to-liquor-day/laheys-luxury-estates/detail-1415</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 05:38:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[spca : trailer park boys: countdown to liquor day ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/trailer-park-boys-countdown-to-liquor-day/spca</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In <em>Countdown to Liquor Day</em>, this is the SPCA in Dartmouth where Bubbles's 27 cats end up while he's in prison and where Julian, Ricky, Bubbles and Tyrone later attempt to break in and get the cats out.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/trailer-park-boys-countdown-to-liquor-day/spca/detail-1414</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:52:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wally&#039;s foods : hot cheetos and takis]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/hot-cheetos-and-takis/wallys-foods</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This location was used in the "Hot Cheetos and Takis" video.  The kids rap about their favorite snack, which you can buy inside 2-for-$1.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/hot-cheetos-and-takis/wallys-foods/detail-1413</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:53:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[julian&#039;s trailer in sunnyvale in season four : trailer park boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/trailer-park-boys/julians-trailer-in-sunnyvale-in-season-four</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In season 4 of Trailer Park Boys, which is the last season they would film at existing trailer parks, this park in Eastern Passage in Halifax was used for Sunnyvale. They shot some scenes, like the ones around Julian's trailer, in the park, but mostly they had to stay on the outskirts. The only things on the other side of the wall that Ricky built to divide the park were a few trailers like the supervisor's trailer and Bubbles's shed that they brought in. 

They following season they built their own Sunnyvale park near Cole Harbour using old and uninhabitable trailers and found it cost the same as it did to rent the various parks each season.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/trailer-park-boys/julians-trailer-in-sunnyvale-in-season-four/detail-1412</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:24:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sunnyvale trailer park in season three : trailer park boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/trailer-park-boys/sunnyvale-trailer-park-in-season-three</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The park used for Sunnyvale in season 3 of Trailer Park Boys was a small unpaved trailer park in Timberlea in Halifax right on Governor Lake. Director Mike Clattenburg liked the park but the single entrance wasn't very accommodating for a tv show production, so just like previous seasons, they relocated again the next year.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/trailer-park-boys/sunnyvale-trailer-park-in-season-three/detail-1411</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:12:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the lc : trailer park boys: countdown to liquor day ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/trailer-park-boys-countdown-to-liquor-day/the-lc</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ricky, with a box on his head, and Julian, wearing a welder's mask, rob The LC liquor store immediately after getting out of prison at the beginning of their 2009 Trailer Park Boys movie <em>Countdown to Liquor Day</em>. This liquor store on Agricola in Halifax is actually the NSLC, the government-run Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/trailer-park-boys-countdown-to-liquor-day/the-lc/detail-1409</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:54:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ 1414 getwell rd  : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/1414-getwell-rd</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This was the last apartment that the Presleys would rent.  After moving in in mid 1955, Elvis was having a measure of success recording and touring.  The family lived here until May of 1956 when they moved to their first purchased home at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/1034-audubon-dr">1034 Audobon</a>.

Today, the apartment is a business in a strip mall on Getwell Rd.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/1414-getwell-rd/detail-1408</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 12:22:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[short&#039;s brewing company : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/shorts-brewing-company</link>
				<description><![CDATA["What can I get you?"
"We'll have the Buckingham Green and the Argus, for starters.  Could we also get the Mutilated Lips?"

This brew pub's all-Ween-song <a title="Click to Continue &gt; by Text-Enhance" href="#">menu</a> was conceived during an East Coast road trip while following the band on tour.

Notable omissions: the Pork Roll Egg & Cheese, the Pollo Asado, and the L.M.L.Y.P.

<a href="http://www.shortsbrewing.com/pub/the-menu/"> Current Menu </a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/shorts-brewing-company/detail-1407</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 05:19:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&amp;quot;i&#039;m walking here!&amp;quot; : midnight cowboy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/midnight-cowboy/im-walking-here</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the 1969 film <em>Midnight Cowboy</em>, Ratzo (Dustin Hoffman) is giving Joe Buck (Jon Voight) the low-down of the he-whore game when he is almost hit by a taxi cab at this intersection.
 
While the crew had hired an actor to drive a taxi cab for a near collision, this particular cab was not part of the filming.  Hoffman, the consummate professional, wanted to yell "We're filming a movie here," but didn't break character and instead said the line, "I'm walking here!" while slapping the hood of the taxi.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/midnight-cowboy/im-walking-here/detail-1406</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:15:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sun sun cafe : trailer park boys: the movie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/trailer-park-boys-the-movie/sun-sun-cafe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[As part of The Big Dirty, a plan that involves stealing lot and lots of change, Ricky, Julian and Bubbles (along with Cory and Trevor) attempt to rob the parking meters in front of the Sun Sun Cafe, a Chinese restaurant near Dartmouth Cove. Ricky ends up backing over the meters when the tools they brought aren't adequate for the job. 

<em>Trailer Park Boys: The Movie</em> was released in 2006 between seasons 6 and 7 of the tv show.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/trailer-park-boys-the-movie/sun-sun-cafe/detail-1405</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:05:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ 2414 lamar ave  : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/2414-lamar-ave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[By 1955, Elvis was in the early stages of his recording career at Sun Studios.

The Presleys moved into the home at 2414 Lamar at the end of 1954 and stayed there until mid 1955.

The building that was the residence is still standing, but it's now used as a business.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/2414-lamar-ave/detail-1404</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:43:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[462 alabama ave  : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/462-alabama-ave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Presleys moved to a home at this address in April of 1953, and they lived here until November of 1954.  The building was across from the street from their previous residence at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/lauderdale-courts">Lauderdale Courts</a>.

Elvis made his first recording at the Memphis Recording Service (in the front portion of the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley-johnny-cash/sun-studios">Sun Studios</a> building) while living at this location.

Today, the building has been torn down to make room for Interstate 40 (at the Highway 51/1 exit).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/462-alabama-ave/detail-1403</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:07:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[698 saffarans ave : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/698-saffarans-ave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Presley's lived in a boarding house at this location for a couple months at the end of 1952 after they were evicted from <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/lauderdale-courts">the Lauderdale Courts</a>.

After staying here, the family moved to <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/presley-family-1953-apartment">398 Cypress Ave.</a>

The boarding house at this location has been torn down and it's now an empty lot.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/698-saffarans-ave/detail-1402</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:08:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[presley family 1953 apartment : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/presley-family-1953-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Presley family moved to an apartment at 398 Cypress Dr on January 7, 1953 after living at a boarding house at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/698-saffarans-ave">698 Saffarans Ave</a>, which was after they were evicted from their low-income apartment at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/lauderdale-courts">Lauderdale Courts.</a>

The family lived here for only a short time, until April of the same year (1953).  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/presley-family-1953-apartment/detail-1401</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:54:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[firehouse, engine company 31 : martin &amp;amp; orloff]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/martin-orloff/firehouse-engine-company-31</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1895 by Napoleon LeBrun & Sons in the style of a 16th-century French chateau, Firehouse 31 was the exterior filming location for Dr. Eric Orloff's psychiatry office in the 2002 Upright Citizens Brigade alumni film, <em>Martin & Orloff</em>.

The Firehouse is currently occupied by the Downtown Community Television Center, and  was designated a New York City Landmark in 1966 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/martin-orloff/firehouse-engine-company-31/detail-1399</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:56:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bel age hotel : vanilla ice, suge knight]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/vanilla-ice-suge-knight/bel-age-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although Suge Knight's shakedown of Vanilla Ice didn't end up with Ice held from his 15th floor balcony by his ankles as the exaggerated version of story says, the record producer did pay a visit to Vanilla Ice in his Bel Age Hotel room after the success of "Ice Ice Baby" in 1989 demanding payment for the work his associate (either Mario "Chocolate" Johnson or Floyd &lsquo;Earthquake&rsquo; Brown depending on who you ask) did on the record. When the dispute was settled in court, Suge Knight used the royalties to start Death Row Records with Dr. Dre which would go on to release <em>The Chronic</em>, <em>Doggystyle</em> and a bunch of albums by 2Pac.

The Bel Age on the Sunset Strip is now called the The London West Hollywood.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/vanilla-ice-suge-knight/bel-age-hotel/detail-1398</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:11:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ihop : workaholics]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/workaholics/ihop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the pancake house that the crew retires to after a long night in "Checkpoint Gnarly," Season 1, Episode 5 (airdate May 4, 2011).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/workaholics/ihop/detail-1397</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:17:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lauderdale courts : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/lauderdale-courts</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In September of 1949, the Presley family (Vern, Gladys, and Elvis) moved to apartment #328 of the Lauderdale Courts, a low-income housing project in downtown Memphis.  The family paid $35.00 a month in rent.

The shy and reticent Elvis would practice guitar in the basement laundry room, meet and play with other musicians in the Courts, listen to records at the Poplar Tunes record store around the corner, and walk down to nearby Beale Street to receive inspiration.

The Presley family lived at the location until 1952 when they were evicted for exceeding the maximum monthly income for residents.  After the eviction, the Presley's moved to a boarding house near the Courts at 698 Saffarans Ave for a couple of months.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/lauderdale-courts/detail-1395</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:23:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ayn rand&#039;s grave : ayn rand]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ayn-rand/ayn-rands-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Russian-American philosopher and writer Ayn Rand is buried at the Kenisco Cemetery in Valhalla, NY.

Rand died of heart failure on March 6, 1982 at the age of 77.  Among the dignitaries at her funeral was Alan Greenspan; a six-foot floral arrangement in the shape of a dollar sign was placed near her casket.

Some of the novels written by Ayn Rand include <em>Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Anthem,</em> and <em>We the Living.</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ayn-rand/ayn-rands-grave/detail-1394</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:43:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[penhorn mall : trailer park boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/trailer-park-boys/penhorn-mall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the former location of Penhorn Mall in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The mall was in decline for a number of years before the Walmart anchor store left in 2007 and the building was demolished some time after the mall closed in 2008. 

In season two of Trailer Park Boys, Ricky had a job here briefly as mall security in charge of carts and this is where Bubbles stole those same carts by tossing them down the embankment.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/trailer-park-boys/penhorn-mall/detail-1393</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:44:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[parchman penitentiary : elvis presley, alan lomax]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley-alan-lomax/parchman-penitentiary</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Parchman Penitentiary, also known as the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) or more informally the Parchman Farm, is the oldest prison in Mississippi.

In 1933, Alan Lomax and his brother John went to the prison to record prison work songs.  Speaking of the people he met and the material he archived, "These people were poetic and musical and they had something terribly important to say."

On June 1, 1938, Elvis's father, Vernon Presley, was imprisoned for forgery in the Parchman Penitentiary.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley-alan-lomax/parchman-penitentiary/detail-1392</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:35:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ lawhon elementary school  : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/lawhon-elementary-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Elvis Presley went to elementary school at Lawhon Elementary School in Tupelo, MS.

In the second grade, Elvis won second prize at the Mississippi Alabama Fair talent contest where he sang "Old Shep."  A teacher had recognized Elvis's talent and organized for him to enter the talent show.

Thanks, teach...

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/lawhon-elementary-school/detail-1391</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:47:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[elvis&#039;s twin brother&#039;s grave : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/elviss-twin-brothers-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Elvis Presley had a twin brother who was stillborn.  Jesse Garon Presley was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave at the Priceville Cemetery.

Elvis dodged another bullet on the evening of April 5, 1936, when he survived the fourth deadliest tornado in US history that took 233 lives in Tupelo.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/elviss-twin-brothers-grave/detail-1390</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:37:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bonnie and clyde death car : bonnie and clyde]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bonnie-and-clyde/bonnie-and-clyde-death-car</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At the end of the 1967 film <em>Bonnie and Clyde</em>, the outlaw couple were shot up in their stolen car.

The actual vehicle from the 1934 ambush is now on display at the Primm Valley Resort and Casino, one hour south of Las Vegas.

The car is a 1934 Ford Model 730 Deluxe Sedan.  The engine is a large eigthy-five HP V8 with a manual 3 speed transmission.  It was stolen by Clyde Barrow on April 29, 1934.  The couple were shot to death in the car on May 23, 1934. 

The car from the film <em>Bonnie and Clyde</em> is on display at the Crime and Punishment Museum in Washington, DC.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bonnie-and-clyde/bonnie-and-clyde-death-car/detail-1389</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:49:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sunnyvale trailer park in season two : trailer park boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/trailer-park-boys/sunnyvale-trailer-park-in-season-two</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In season two of Trailer Park Boys, the trailer park used for Sunnyvale was a small park near the Tufts Cove Generating Station in Dartmouth with the power station's three red and white striped smokestacks popping up in the background of several shots. 

This park is tiny. Don't be fooled by the overhead shots reused from <a href="/locations/television/trailer-park-boys/julians-trailer-in-sunnyvale-in-season-one">season one</a> when it was filmed in Lower Sackville. Not sure if it's a coincidence or if there is any significance to the street names in the area: Trinity Ave to the NW and Lahey Rd to the NE. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/trailer-park-boys/sunnyvale-trailer-park-in-season-two/detail-1388</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:29:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pbr mural : broken crow, pbr]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/broken-crow-pbr/pbr-mural</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Painted on the side of the 1029 Bar at this address is a mural done by the <a href="http://www.brokencrow.com/" target="_blank">Broken Crow design collective</a>.

The mural depicts a duo of squirrels paddling in a Pabst Blue Ribbon can canoe.  Either this is a celebration of the wildlife and leisure activities of the area (drinking and canoeing- typically best not mixed), or it is an environmentally conscious commentary.  Either way, it's pretty cool.

Here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvFMfiO1v34" target="_blank">how they did it</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/broken-crow-pbr/pbr-mural/detail-1387</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:31:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bonnie and clyde ambushed here : bonnie and clyde]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bonnie-and-clyde/bonnie-and-clyde-ambushed-here</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The 1967 film <em>Bonnie and Clyde</em> shocked the world when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway died in slow-motion as a hail of bullets riddled their bodies.

The real outlaws, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, were ambushed at this intersection by a possee of lawmen at 9:15 am on May 23, 1934.  The possee had specially ordered Browning Automatic Rifles with armor piercing rounds for the occasion.

The outlaw couple had approximately 130 rounds shot at them, with various accounts stating that they were each hit with between 25-50 bullets.  

At this location is a marker dedicated to the event that has been badly damaged by souvenir hunters.  

"Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footsteps..."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/bonnie-and-clyde/bonnie-and-clyde-ambushed-here/detail-1386</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:07:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woody guthrie boyhood home : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/woody-guthrie-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Previously located at this now vacant lot was the boyhood home of Woody Guthrie.  Named the London House for the previous builder/owner, the home was built in the early 1800's.  

It was purchased in 1962 by local booster Earl Walker who hoped to restore it to honor Guthrie.  However, due to Guthrie's political views, Walker had difficulty in securing funding for the project.  The city council also forced Walker to tear down the house in the late 70's due to people using it as a drinking haunt.

Walker kept the original boards that constructed the house, and an ongoing plan is in the works to <a href="http://newsok.com/okemah-family-sets-goal-to-restore-woody-guthries-childhood-home/article/3691066" target="_blank">recreate the Guthrie house in Okemah from the salvaged material</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/woody-guthrie-boyhood-home/detail-1385</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:42:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[laguna seca raceway  : gran turismo, george lucas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/gran-turismo-george-lucas/laguna-seca-raceway</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Laguna Seca Raceway (Spanish for "dry lake") is a California raceway opened in 1957 in the bed of a dry lake.  The current track is 2.238 miles long and has 11 turns.  The racetrack features a multitude of racing exhibitions.

The course (or interpretations of it) is featured in several racing video games: the <em>Gran Turismo</em> series (including the bike version <em>Tourist Trophy</em>), <em>Forza Motorsport</em>, and the <em>MotoGP</em> series.

George Lucas used to race here before he got into a car accident and gave up racing for filmmaking.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/gran-turismo-george-lucas/laguna-seca-raceway/detail-1384</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:47:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[modesto junior college : george lucas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/modesto-junior-college</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After getting in a car accident in high school, a young George Lucas decided to give up his dream of race car driving and further his education.  

He began his post-secondary education at Modesto Junior College (the oldest community college district in California) where he earned an Associate of Arts degree before transferring to the University of South California film school.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/modesto-junior-college/detail-1383</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:34:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where bon scott died : bon scott, ac/dc]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bon-scott-acdc/where-bon-scott-died</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On February 19, 1980, Bon Scott was drinking heavily at the London club Music Machine (now called KOKO).  He was placed in a Renault 5 (a supermini car) by his acquaintance,  Alistair Kinnear, at this address.  

The next afternoon, Kinnear found a lifeless Scott in the car and alerted the authorities.  He was brought to King's College Hospital in Camberwell where he was pronounced DOA.   Pulmonary aspiration of vomit was the cause of Scott's death, and the official report listed "acute alcohol poisoning" and "death by misadventure."

After Scott's death, the band's next album was <em>Back in Black</em>.  The album has sold 50 million copies to date, making it the 2nd highest-selling album of all time.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bon-scott-acdc/where-bon-scott-died/detail-1381</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:26:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bob dylan mural : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/bob-dylan-mural</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located on the exterior wall of the Autographics business at this intersection is a Bob Dylan mural.   

Designed by Sergey Trubetskoy (a University of Minnesota graphic design major) and financed by Autographics, this mural was completed in 2006.  It was the first of a series of murals in the Dinkytown and Marcy-Holmes neighborhoods that celebrate the 60's and 70's culture in the area.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/bob-dylan-mural/detail-1380</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:55:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[julian&#039;s trailer in sunnyvale in season one : trailer park boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/trailer-park-boys/julians-trailer-in-sunnyvale-in-season-one</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Julian's trailer is on Duggan Dr. in the Woodbine Mobile Home Park in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia where season one of <em>Trailer Park Boys</em> was filmed. Each of the first four seasons were filmed at different existing trailer parks in the Halifax-Dartmouth area. Seasons 5, 6 and 7 were filmed on a trailer park set (sadly, no longer around) in Dartmouth.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/trailer-park-boys/julians-trailer-in-sunnyvale-in-season-one/detail-1379</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:26:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[george lucas plaza : george lucas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/george-lucas-plaza</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At the Five Points intersection in Modesto, CA (McHenry, Downey, Needham, 17th and "J"), the town paid tribute to their favorite son by dedicating a statue to <em>American Graffiti</em> and naming the intersection George Lucas Plaza.

Although it was shot in Petaluma, Lucas was raised in Modesto and based much of the California cruising culture in <em>American Graffiti</em> on his experiences there.  When Lucas was a lad, this intersection marked the end of downtown and the beginning of the farmland that surrounded the city.</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/george-lucas-plaza/detail-1378</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:11:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[roosevelt junior high school : george lucas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/roosevelt-junior-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[George "Jar Jar" Lucas went to middle school at Roosevelt Junior High School, home of the Rough Riders.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/roosevelt-junior-high-school/detail-1377</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 07:51:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[john muir elementary school : george lucas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/john-muir-elementary-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[George Lucas went to elementary school here.  Nobody would play with him so he came up with brilliant stories to entertain himself (complete fabrication that explains a lot).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/john-muir-elementary-school/detail-1376</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 07:39:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[l.m. morris co. : george lucas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/lm-morris-co</link>
				<description><![CDATA[George Lucas's father, George Walton Lucas Sr., managed a stationary store at this intersection called L.M. Morris Co.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/lm-morris-co/detail-1375</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 07:28:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nilsson&#039;s london flat : harry nilsson, cass elliot, keith moon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/harry-nilsson-cass-elliot-keith-moon/nilssons-london-flat</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This flat is one of the deadliest apartments in music history.
  
Owned by singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson ("Without You", "Coconut") during the 70s, the flat was close to Nilsson hangouts like Apple Records, the Playboy Club, and Tramps disco.  When Nilsson was in the States, he would loan out his apartment to his network of friends.

On July 29, 1974, Cass Elliot ("Don't Call Me Mama Anymore," The Mamas and the Papas) played a particularly strenuous show at the London Palladium and returned to this apartment to rest.  She died of heart failure at the age of 32.  Contrary to rumors, she did not choke on a sandwich; in fact, she had lost 80 lbs from fasting four days a week, and this most likely led to her heart failure.

Four years later, the Who's drummer Keith Moon returned to the apartment from a night out on September 7, 1978.  Moon had been given the drug Clomethiazole to battle his alcohol addiction.  He overdosed on 32 tablets of the drug.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/harry-nilsson-cass-elliot-keith-moon/nilssons-london-flat/detail-1374</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:14:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[george lucas boyhood home : george lucas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/george-lucas-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[George Walton Lucas was born on May 14, 1944 in Modesto, California.
 
His father, George Walton Lucas, Sr., ran a stationery store and owned a small walnut orchard. His mother, Dorothy Ellinore Bomberger Lucas, came from a prominent Modesto family.

The family lived at this residence until they moved to a ranch house in the walnut grove north of Modesto.  As a boy, Lucas loved comic books and TV serials of the 30s and 40s, including Flash Gordon.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/george-lucas-boyhood-home/detail-1373</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:44:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[george lucas car crash : george lucas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/george-lucas-car-crash</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On June 12, 1962, then 17-year-old George Lucas was driving his Fiat Bianchina home to northern Modesto.  His classmate,  Frank Ferreira, attempted to pass him at a high speed and smashed into the small Fiat.  The car flipped several times before crashing into a tree.  Lucas was thrown from the car and survived with minor fractures and hemorrhaging lungs.

Lucas had wanted to be a race car driver up until that point, spending most of his 10th and 11th grade weekends cruising.  The accident altered his perception.

"The accident made me more aware of myself and my feelings. I began to trust my instincts. I had the feeling that I should go to college, and I did," said Lucas.  
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/george-lucas-car-crash/detail-1372</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:34:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[thomas downey high school : george lucas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/thomas-downey-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[George Lucas attended high school at Thomas Downey High.

In his film <em>American Graffiti</em>, the high school is referred to as Dewey High.  However, the actual high school scenes were shot at Petaluma High School in Petaluma, CA.

While attending high school, George was not a stellar student.  Instead, he hoped to become a race car driver.  His attitude shifted after being involved in a serious crash, and he decided to attend school at Modesto Junior College. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/thomas-downey-high-school/detail-1371</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:21:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[skywalker ranch/ lucasfilm ltd.  : george lucas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/skywalker-ranch-lucasfilm-ltd</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Assembling the property by piecemeal since September of 1978, Skywalker Ranch (aka Lucasfilm Ltd.) has been George Lucas's ever increasing film-making fortress of  solitude (although he doesn't actually live there).

With a current land mass of 4,700 acres and a cost of $100 million dollars (according to <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>), The Ranch contains a barn with animals, vineyards, a garden with fruits and vegetables used in the on-site restaurant, an outdoor swimming pool and fitness center with racquetball courts, the man-made "Lake Ewok," a hilltop observatory, a 300-seat theater called "The Stag" as well as multiple theater screening rooms, and parking that is mostly concealed underground to preserve the natural landscape.  

The Main House has a company research library under a stained-glass dome.  Skywalker Ranch has its own fire station which is part of the local fire-fighting network.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/george-lucas/skywalker-ranch-lucasfilm-ltd/detail-1370</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:05:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[brick street caf&amp;eacute; : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/brick-street-cafe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Brick Street Caf&eacute; is the main restaurant in Okemah, OK, and features live music as well as a substantial amount of Woody Guthrie paraphernalia and ephemera: newspaper clippings, photographs, and painted Guthrie slogans. 

Outside the restaurant is a preserved concrete slab, ceremoniously framed in red brick, that has Guthrie&rsquo;s embedded signature.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/brick-street-cafe/detail-1369</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:57:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woody guthrie statue : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/woody-guthrie-statue</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dedicated during the 1998 <a href="http://www.woodyguthrie.com/" target="_blank">Wood Guthrie Free Folk Festival</a>, this statue stands in the town of Guthrie's birth.

Surrounding the statue are bricks engraved with Guthrie's song titles.  The Woody Guthrie Coalition sold engraved sponsorship bricks that form a walkway around the statue and park.  Part of the proceeds allowed the organization to form a scholarship for graduating seniors interested in the arts.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/woody-guthrie-statue/detail-1368</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:42:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[oakwood apartments : rick james]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rick-james/oakwood-apartments</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Rick James was found expired at this location on August 4, 2004.  He had had a pulmonary and cardiac failure associated with a previous stroke, heart attack, and an installed pacemaker.  The coroner's report said James had the following drugs (although at non-lethal levels) in his blood:  alprazolam, diazepam, bupropion, citalopram, hydrocodone, digoxin, chlorpheniramine, methamphetamine and cocaine.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rick-james/oakwood-apartments/detail-1366</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:21:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[medieval times : the cable guy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-cable-guy/medieval-times</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the 1996 black comedy <em>The Cable Guy</em>, Chip (Jim Carrey) brings Steven (Matthew Broderick) to the Medieval Times theme restaurant.  Steven then realizes Chip has arranged for them to battle in the arena...

The screenplay for <em>The Cable Guy</em> was written by USC and Loyola Law School graduate Lou Holtz, Jr.  This is the only theatrically-released screenplay written by Holtz, who continues to practice law in the L.A. District Attorney's office.

Other locations of Medieval Times restaurants include Chicago, IL; Lyndurst, NJ; Toronto, ON; Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Myrtle Beach, SC; Baltimore, Washington, DC; and Orlando, FL.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-cable-guy/medieval-times/detail-1365</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:35:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the lighthouse cafe  : thomas pynchon, inherent vice]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/thomas-pynchon-inherent-vice/the-lighthouse-cafe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Doc visits the Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa Beach looking for Coy Harlingen near the end of <em>Inherent Vice</em>. The Lighthouse Cafe is a bistro that began showcasing jazz in 1949. Chet Baker, Cannonball Adderley and others recorded live albums here in 50s, 60s and 70s. 

Juicy James, located a block north of the pier on the Strand, was a real hot dog stand just like <a href="/locations/literature/thomas-pynchon-inherent-vice/pinks-hot-dogs">Pink's</a>, although I'm not sure how many liberties Pynchon took with the sign that 'featured a giant hot dog with a face, arms and legs, cowboy hat and getup, firing a pair of six-guns and to all appearances enjoying itself.' ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/thomas-pynchon-inherent-vice/the-lighthouse-cafe/detail-1364</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:09:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pink&#039;s hot dogs : thomas pynchon, inherent vice]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/thomas-pynchon-inherent-vice/pinks-hot-dogs</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Doc grabs a couple of chili dogs to go here at Pink's on his way to the (fictional) club FFO on Sunset to see the band Spotted Dick and track down Bambi.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/thomas-pynchon-inherent-vice/pinks-hot-dogs/detail-1363</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:03:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[zucky&#039;s : thomas pynchon, inherent vice]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/thomas-pynchon-inherent-vice/zuckys</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Many of the 1960s-era California hangouts in Pynchon's <em>Inherent Vice</em> are fictional, but the Santa Monica delicatessen Zucky's is an actual place (or at least it was until it closed in 1993 after nearly forty years).

Doc eats here with Fritz in chapter seven, and the deli is packed with '<em>Marcus Welby M.D.</em> freaks' who frequent the place because of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRmhb7mhiB4&feature=player_detailpage#t=8s" target="_blank">brief shot</a> of Zucky's exterior in the show's intro. He has an apparent case of the munchies ordering 'the usual Zuckyburger and fries, and rolled beef on rye, and potato salad and Dr. Brown's Cel-Rays plus another bowl of pickles and sauerkraut...' and later Doc eats an entire chocolate cream pie here by himself in the last chapter.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/thomas-pynchon-inherent-vice/zuckys/detail-1362</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:54:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the nickel : tom waits]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tom-waits/the-nickel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[According to Tom Waits, all the winos refer to downtown Los Angeles on 5th street (skid row) as the nickel. His hobo's lullaby 'On the Nickel' was recorded for the Ralph Waite film <em>On the Nickel</em> and also appears on his 1980 album <em>Heartattack and Vine</em>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tom-waits/the-nickel/detail-1361</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:21:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[thomas pynchon&#039;s apartment : thomas pynchon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/thomas-pynchon/thomas-pynchons-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Thomas Pynchon worked on <em>Gravity's Rainbow</em> while living in this small downstairs apartment in Manhattan Beach in the late '60s and early '70s. He could reportedly be seen in the neighborhood carrying around a pig pi&ntilde;ata named Claude. Manhattan Beach became the fictionalized Gordita Beach in his 2009 novel <em>Inherent Vice</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/thomas-pynchon/thomas-pynchons-apartment/detail-1360</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:39:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[brookridge farms : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/brookridge-farms</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Featured in the cover art of <em>Pure Guava</em>, the hippie house/commune/hillbilly mansion known as Brookridge Farm was a clubhouse for Ween as they developed as musicians and as a band.  

Gene Ween used to live here, and Deaner would often visit him and other friends, including Mean Ween and Guy Heller (aka "Dickey Moist" of the Moistboyz).  

Deaner played in a band named Echoes with some of the Brookridge residents.  Their only material was an extended version of Pink Floyd's 1971 song "Echoes."

Note: Not sure if this is the precise spot, but I think it's pretty close.  If anybody has more definitive info, much appreciated.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/brookridge-farms/detail-1359</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:53:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hollywood roosevelt hotel : the first oscars, marilyn monroe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-first-oscars-marilyn-monroe/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened on May 15, 1927, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel has been featured in many TV shows, films, songs, and general Hollywood history.

The first Academy Awards were held in the Blossom Ballroom here in 1929.

Marilyn Monroe was a resident at the Hollywood Roosevelt for two years when her modeling career took off. Her first magazine shoot was taken on the diving board on the pool behind the hotel, which was recently removed. The hotel's remodeled pool contains an underwater mural painted by David Hockney.  Her ghost is supposed to haunt Cabana Suite 229.

The hotel underwent a major renovation in 2005 and a nightclub named Teddy's in the main lobby.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-first-oscars-marilyn-monroe/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel/detail-1358</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:55:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rumpelmayer&#039;s : harry nilsson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/harry-nilsson/rumpelmayers</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson was walking back to his hotel room on August 12, 1973, when he saw a 19-year-old girl working in Rumpelmayer's ice cream parlor.

Una O'Keefe was working in NYC on a summer exchange program from Ireland with a friend.  Nilsson walked up to the two of them, and told Una, "You have the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen.  Will you marry me?"

Una and her friend demured, and Nilsson asked them how he could prove that he had good intentions.  They said they liked flowers and melons (they had never had a honeydew melon).

Nilsson went back to his hotel room, sobered up, bought the melons, and then found a florist down at the docks who was preparing for a funeral.  Nilsson returned to the ice cream parlor in a limousine, and lined up rows of flowers and melons on the street outside of the limo.  

The two were married later, and Ringo Starr was the best man at their wedding.

*From the documentary <em>Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talking About Him)?</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/harry-nilsson/rumpelmayers/detail-1357</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:30:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ago restaurant : quentin tarantino]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/quentin-tarantino/ago-restaurant</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ago Restaurant is an upscale Italian (specializing in Tuscan) eatery in West Hollywood.  The venture is owned jointly by chef Agostino Sciandri, actors Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken, producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein, and director Ridley Scott.

On October 27, 1997, Quentin Tarantino was going to have lunch with Harvey Weinstein, when he saw producer Don Murphy (<em>Natural Born Killers</em>) waiting for a table on a couch.  Tarantino confronted Murphy for comments he made about him in the book <em>Killer Instinct</em>, and ended up slapping Murphy three times before being pulled off of him.  Harvey Weinstein convinced Murphy not to press charges, and Tarantino was released from police custody.

Later, on <em>The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show</em>, Tarantino boasted that he ''bitch-slapped'' Murphy.  Murphy sued for $5 million, and the case was settled out of court.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/quentin-tarantino/ago-restaurant/detail-1356</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:50:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the roadhouse : twin peaks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/the-roadhouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exterior shots of the popular bar, music venue and part-time courthouse in <em>Twin Peaks</em> were filmed at what is now the Fall City Roadhouse in Fall City, Washington. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/the-roadhouse/detail-1355</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:30:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[genesis art supplies : wesley willis]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/wesley-willis/genesis-art-supplies</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In his song "Outburst", Willis, a 6'5", 300+ lb man, describes an incident at this location where he has a schizophrenic outburst. Willis claims to have "freaked out a lot of customers" and "also said 'suck my dick' in front of a lot of people".  Store manager Jim Simm subsequently threatened to bar Willis from the store for life.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/wesley-willis/genesis-art-supplies/detail-1354</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:12:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wayne manor : the dark knight rises]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-dark-knight-rises/wayne-manor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Wollaton Hall in Wollaton, Nottingham, England was used as the exterior of Wayne Manor in the third Nolan Batman movie <em>The Dark Knight Rises</em>. The building dates back to the 1500s and is currently a natural history museum. The similar-looking <a href="/locations/movies/batman-begins/wayne-manor">Mentmore Towers</a> in Buckinghamshire was used for Wayne Manor in <em>Batman Begins</em>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-dark-knight-rises/wayne-manor/detail-1353</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:11:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wayne manor : batman begins]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/batman-begins/wayne-manor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire was used for both the interior and exterior of Wayne Manor in <em>Batman Begins</em>, the first of Nolan's Batman trilogy. The exteriors for the reconstructed Wayne Manor in <em>The Dark Knight Rises</em> were shot at <a href="/locations/movies/the-dark-knight-rises/wayne-manor">Wollaton Hall</a>, the building that inspired the design of Mentmore Towers in the 19th century. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/batman-begins/wayne-manor/detail-1351</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:51:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hacienda de placitas inn and gallery : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/hacienda-de-placitas-inn-and-gallery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[As seen near the end of season 4 of <em>Breaking Bad</em>, first in Gus Fring's yellowed flashback and later during Fring's showdown with the cartel, the pool outside this bed and breakfast is where Don Eladio conducted business. It's not in Mexico but actually in Placitas, New Mexico north of Albuquerque.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/hacienda-de-placitas-inn-and-gallery/detail-1348</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:05:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bishop dubourg high school : jack dorsey, twitter, square]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/jack-dorsey-twitter-square/bishop-dubourg-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bishop DuBourg High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in St. Louis, Missouri. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis.

Jack Dorsey, one of the founders of Twitter and developer of the Square mobile device (ya know, that square thing on the cell phone that the people in the food trucks use), graduated from Bishop DuBourg in 1995.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/jack-dorsey-twitter-square/bishop-dubourg-high-school/detail-1347</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:35:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woody creek tavern : hunter s. thompson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/woody-creek-tavern</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Our friend was a bartender and served HST here.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/woody-creek-tavern/detail-1346</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:24:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[formerly, the elks club : hunter s. thompson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/formerly-the-elks-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Now a Prada store, this was the Elks club where HST and his clan called last-minute freak voters and watched the election results when he ran for sheriff of Aspen.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/formerly-the-elks-club/detail-1345</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:20:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the plaza hotel (formerly the mint) : hunter s. thompson, fear and loathing in las vegas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson-fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/the-plaza-hotel-formerly-the-mint</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I believe this was the mint hotel.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson-fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/the-plaza-hotel-formerly-the-mint/detail-1344</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:16:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the flamingo : hunter s. thompson, fear and loathing in las vegas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson-fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/the-flamingo</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The second place they stayed. Evidently, it was also the first resort on what's now the strip. And it's radically different now.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson-fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/the-flamingo/detail-1343</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:12:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[humes high school : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/humes-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although today it is a middle school, from 1930 to 1967 this location was a high school.  

Elvis Presley graduated from Humes High School on June 3, 1953.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/humes-high-school/detail-1342</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:03:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gotham general hospital : batman: the dark knight]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/batman-the-dark-knight/gotham-general-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Much of <em>The Dark Knight</em>, the second part of Nolan's Batman trilogy, was filmed in Chicago. The former Brach&rsquo;s candy factory on Chicago's West Side, which shut down in 2003, was used for the exterior of Gotham General Hospital, and it's the administration building that we see getting demolished for the sequence when the Joker blows it up. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/batman-the-dark-knight/gotham-general-hospital/detail-1341</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 02:24:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[saul goodman attorney at law : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/saul-goodman-attorney-at-law</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The storefront for the office of Bob Odenkirk's sleazy lawyer Saul Goodman in <em>Breaking Bad</em> is in a strip mall on the corner of Montgomery and Eubank in Albuquerque, although currently (as of 2012) a metal club called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Hooligansrocks?sk=app_200193303353101" target="_blank">Hooligans</a> has taken over the space. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/saul-goodman-attorney-at-law/detail-1340</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:07:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[state theatre : lewis black]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/lewis-black/state-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When the State Theatre opened in 1921, it was considered one of the most technologically advanced and elaborate theatre in the United States.  Designed by architect J.E.O Pridmore in a free Italian Renaissance style, it featured a well-driven air conditioning system and a stage made of glass that allowed for dramatic lighting underneath.

In 2012, Lewis Black recorded a performance here for the TV movie, <em>In God We Rust</em>.  I watched ten minutes of it and didn't laugh, so I turned it off.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/lewis-black/state-theatre/detail-1339</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:29:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[elvis&#039;s 1st family home in memphis : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/elviss-1st-family-home-in-memphis</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On September 12, 1948, Mr. and Mrs. Presley moved with their son, Elvis, to this one bedroom apartment in Memphis after leaving Tupelo.  

The family lived here until they moved to Lauderdale Courts on September 20, 1949.

The original building is no longer standing.  Today, it's a vacant lot.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/elviss-1st-family-home-in-memphis/detail-1338</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2012 06:47:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[plaza carlos santana : carlos santana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/carlos-santana/plaza-carlos-santana</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On July 20, 1947, rock guitar god Carlos Augusto Alves Santana was born in the city of Autl&aacute;n de Navarro, in the state of Jalisco in Mexico.  The son of Jose Santana, a well-known Mariachi violinist, and Josephina, Carlos learned to play the violin when he was five years old.  

Although the family moved to Tijuana in 1955, there is a plaza in Autl&aacute;n (with a statue) dedicated to Carlos Santana. 

Autl&aacute;n de Navarro had a population of 53,269 in 2005.  The word "Autl&aacute;n" comes from the Nahuatl language and roughly means "next to the water ditch." ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/carlos-santana/plaza-carlos-santana/detail-1337</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2012 01:08:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[oscar micheaux center : oscar micheaux]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/oscar-micheaux/oscar-micheaux-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A Pullman porter turned homesteader turned novelist and pioneer filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux lived a storied life.

One of the many chapters of his life happened here, in Gregory, SD.  Micheaux was the only African American to purchase a relinquishment claim on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in 1904. 

He fictionalized his experience in his best-selling novel <em>The Homesteader</em>, which later became the first film written, directed and produced by an African American (<em>The Homesteader</em>, released 1918).  The film was shot in and around Gregory, SD.  Micheaux went on to contribute to 44 films.

Today, the Oscar Micheaux center holds a semi-annual Oscar Micheaux Film and Book Festival to celebrate his work.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/oscar-micheaux/oscar-micheaux-center/detail-1336</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:58:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[villa diodati : frankenstein, mary shelley, lord byron]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/frankenstein-mary-shelley-lord-byron/villa-diodati</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In May of 1816, Mary Goodwin, Percy Shelley (a radical poet-philosopher) and their son traveled with Claire Clairmont to Geneva, Switzerland.  Their plan was to spend the summer with Lord Byron, another poet whom Clairmont was having an affair with, on Lake Geneva.

Lord Byron rented the villa, and the group spent time writing, boating on the lake, and talking late into the night. 

It was a wet summer, and the group found themselves reading from a book of German ghost stories one evening.  They had heard of Erasmus Darwin's experiments, and that he had animated dead matter, and the conversation drifted towards galvinism and assembling a reanimated corpse from body parts.  Lord Byron challenged them to write their own horror stories.

Mary Goodwin (who had introduced herself as Mrs. Shelley at the Villa) began work on <em>Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus</em> which was first published in 1818.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/frankenstein-mary-shelley-lord-byron/villa-diodati/detail-1335</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:13:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ocean star offshore drilling rig museum : oil industry, petroleum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/oil-industry-petroleum/ocean-star-offshore-drilling-rig-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder how they get all that delicious "texas tea" out from the ocean floor?  

Ever wish that they had a museum showing the massive industrial-scale technology necessary to keep up your environmentally destructive lifestyle?

Guess what?  They do!  It's in Galveston, Texas.  

The Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum is comprised of three main portions.  

1.) The Museum and Education portion has a full derrick set-up, and also a blowout preventer, drill pipe, and a cementing unit (bring your camera)!  

2.) The Offshore Pioneers Hall of Fame features the bold visionaries who were willing to see the profit in exploiting a volatile, finite natural resource (hint: there's a President in their Hall of Fame)!

3.)  Educational Programs to enhance public knowledge, which even includes "field trips and overnight and summer camps."  <em>Bring your hard hat, Jimmy!  This here's a working vacation.</em>
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/oil-industry-petroleum/ocean-star-offshore-drilling-rig-museum/detail-1333</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:27:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jesse pinkman&#039;s house : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/jesse-pinkmans-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In season 3, Jesse lowballed his parents and bought Aunt Ginny's old  house at 9809 Margo Street for half of what they were asking for. Blackmail over a former basement meth lab is a keen negotiating strategy. That was when he was 45 days clean and sober. By season 4 he was using again and the house became a 24-hour meth-fueled party / skid row.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/jesse-pinkmans-house/detail-1332</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:00:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lyceum theatre : bob marley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/lyceum-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Lyceum Theatre is a 2,000 seat venue in the West End (Strand/Westminster) of London.  A theater has been on these grounds since 1765, with the current building's fa&ccedil;ade and grand portico dating back to 1834.

Madame Tussaud's first London exhibition of waxwork creations was held here in 1802.

On July 18 and 19, 1975, Bob Marley and the Wailers recorded their performances for the album <em>Live!</em>.  Today, the Lyceum has been the home to the Disney musical production of <em>The Lion King</em> since September of 1999.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/lyceum-theatre/detail-1331</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:09:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[johnie&#039;s coffee shop : miracle mile, reservoir dogs, the big lebowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/miracle-mile-reservoir-dogs-the-big-lebowski/johnies-coffee-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Not to be confused with the popular filming location <a href="/locations/movies/the-game/johnies-broiler">Johnie&rsquo;s Broiler</a>, Johnie's Coffee Shop in Los Angeles is also an example of the futuristic Googie style of architecture that dates back to the 1950s. 

It was featured most prominently in <em>Miracle Mile</em> when Anthony Edwards takes a random phone call in the phone booth outside and learns about an upcoming nuclear war.

It's also where Tim Roth (Mr. Orange/Freddy) meets with his supervisor Holdaway in <em>Reservoir Dogs</em> after he gets on the inside with Joe's crew and where Walter and The Dude talk about the severed toe in <em>The Big Lebowski</em>. 

Other movies where you can see the restaurant, which closed in 2000, are <em>Volcano</em>, <em>American History X</em>, <em>City of Angels</em>, <em>Very Bad Things</em> and probably many more.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/miracle-mile-reservoir-dogs-the-big-lebowski/johnies-coffee-shop/detail-1330</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:46:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[toluca substation : reservoir dogs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/reservoir-dogs/toluca-substation</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In <em>Reservoir Dogs</em>, Freddy / Mr. Orange rehearses part of his drug story in front of L.A.'s Toluca Substation. The substation, and the Belmont Tunnel next to it, dates back to the 1920s, leftover from the Pacific Electric Railway line that ran from downtown Los Angeles to Westlake. You can find the tunnel (now sealed) and the substation (now cleared of the graffiti) behind the Belmont Station Apartments that were completed in 2008. 
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/reservoir-dogs/toluca-substation/detail-1329</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:12:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wembley national stadium : live aid]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/live-aid/wembley-national-stadium</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On July 13, 1985, Live Aid was opened at Wembley Stadium by Princess Diana and Prince Charles.  The 16-hour super-concert continued (via satellite) in Philadelphia, and was broadcast worldwide to a billion viewers in 110 countries.

The brainchild of The Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof, Live Aid was a response to Geldof's 1984 trip to Ethiopia, where he witnessed the horrors of starvation during a famine that threatened to kill millions.  

After the trip, Geldof called up his connections (Culture Club, Duran Duran, Phil Collins, U2, Wham!, and others) and recorded a song, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" as a super-group called Band Aid.  It raised $10 million for charity.

In the US, Lionel Ritchie and Michael Jackson recorded a response track with their buds:  "We Are the World" raised $44 million.

Live Aid itself was an international success, raising $127 million by itself and shaming Western nations into shipping excess grain to Africa for immediate famine relief.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/live-aid/wembley-national-stadium/detail-1328</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 00:34:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[video archives : quentin tarantino, roger avary]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/quentin-tarantino-roger-avary/video-archives</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Starting in the early 80's, Video Archives was a video rental store staffed by film fanatics that carried a diverse selection of films: Hollywood blockbusters, documentaries, foreign films (organized by country, unheard of at that time), cult films and porn.

Quentin Tarantino worked at this video store while he wrote <em>Reservoir Dogs</em>.  Co-writer of <em>Pulp Fiction</em> and director of <em>Killing Zoe</em>, Roger Avary, also worked at the store.  

The long, film-obsessed conversations of the Video Archives employees were reworked and expanded into dialogue of Tarantino's films.

In the early 90's, Video Archives moved two doors down to 1808 Sepulveda.  By early 1994, Video Archives had shut down for good.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/quentin-tarantino-roger-avary/video-archives/detail-1327</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:48:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[big ed&#039;s gas farm : twin peaks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/big-eds-gas-farm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the location of Big Ed's Gas Farm from <em>Twin Peaks</em>, although the gas pumps have long been removed and the building has been remodeled. Across the street you'll find Ed and Nadine's house with the quiet drape runners.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/big-eds-gas-farm/detail-1326</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:45:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[porterville church : troll 2]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/troll-2/porterville-church</link>
				<description><![CDATA[If you thought Creedence Leonore Gielgud's house looks more like a church, you're right!  It <em>is</em> a church!  
Built in 1898, this Mormon church was added to the Utah State Register of Historic Sites in 1971.  More importantly, the church was filmed in 1989 for this cult classic.  
The brick exterior is the sole remnant after a fire in 2000.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/troll-2/porterville-church/detail-1325</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:29:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dennis flemion&#039;s deathplace : the frogs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-frogs/dennis-flemions-deathplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On July 7th, 2012, Dennis Flemion,  while on a family pontoon boat trip, went for a swim in Wind Lake and did not resurface.  His body was recovered 3 days later in 42' deep water.

Flemion, percussionist of the homosexual group, The Frogs, was 57 years old.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-frogs/dennis-flemions-deathplace/detail-1324</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 04:24:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dymaxion car factory : dymaxion car, buckminster fuller]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/dymaxion-car-buckminster-fuller/dymaxion-car-factory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On July 12, 1933, the first three-wheeled, multi-directional Dymaxion car rolled off the factory floor at this location.  Housed in the former factory building of the Locomobile company, the Dymaxion car was developed by Buckminster Fuller as an addition to his line of Dymaxion brand products developed to improve all of humanity's living conditions.

The Dymaxion car could carry 11 passengers and reached a documented speed of 90 mph.  The rear wheel (of the three-wheeled car) powered and steered the vehicle, a departure from contemporary design.

At the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, an accident with the Dymaxion car damaged the first prototype badly, killing the driver, and seriously injuring the two passengers; one of whom was William Sempill, aviation pioneer and Japanese spy.

Investors backed out, partially out of fears that the new, efficient and economical car would eliminate current vehicle distribution channels and second-hand markets.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/dymaxion-car-buckminster-fuller/dymaxion-car-factory/detail-1323</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:33:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mr. pink&#039;s run from the cops : reservoir dogs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/reservoir-dogs/mr-pinks-run-from-the-cops</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>Reservoir Dogs</em> and the magic of cinema: After the botched jewelry heist, Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) gets hit by and steals a car at the corner of York Boulevard and Avenue 50 in L.A. but this is after he was running the opposite way toward Avenue 51 on the north side of York chased by three cops that run by the same building twice.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/reservoir-dogs/mr-pinks-run-from-the-cops/detail-1322</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 07:12:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[amsterdam hilton hotel : heman brood, john lennon, yoko ono]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/heman-brood-john-lennon-yoko-ono/amsterdam-hilton-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On July 11, 2001, the Dutch singer/pianist/painter/actor/celebrity Herman Brood committed suicide by jumping off the roof of the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel.  He was 54 years old.

Brood had success as a rock singer and performer in the Netherlands in the late 70's and 80's.  He had re-recorded his domestic hit, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mEjmWnihrc" target="_blank">Saturday Night</a>, for the English speaking market, and the song made it to #35 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Brood had struggled publicly with drug and alcohol addiction, and he had grown despondent over the failure of his treatment and continuing medical problems.  His suicide caused a shockwave through the Dutch arts scene.

Before his cremation, Brood's casket was driven from the Hilton hotel to Paradiso (a music venue converted from an old church), where the streets were lined with thousands of spectators.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/heman-brood-john-lennon-yoko-ono/amsterdam-hilton-hotel/detail-1321</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:47:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jimi hendrix&#039;s birthplace : jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/jimi-hendrixs-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Johnny Allen Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 at King County Hospital of Seattle (now called Harborview Medical Center).  

Born to James Allen "Al" Hendrix and Lucille Jeter, the elder Hendrix changed his son's name to James Marshall Hendrix when he was three years old to honor his late brother.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/jimi-hendrixs-birthplace/detail-1320</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 04:14:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jimi hendrix memorial : jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/jimi-hendrix-memorial</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the Greenwood Memorial Park of Renton, WA (a suburb SE of Seattle) is the Jimi Hendrix Memorial.

Semi-completed in 2002, it's the final resting place of Jimi, as well as some members of his family (the family memorial contains some 54 plots). The memorial is also decorated with pictures of Hendrix, lyrics, his signature engraved in a stone, and the head stone of his previous grave.

The centerpiece of the memorial is a covered structure held up by three columns that is supposed to house a bronze statue of Jimi in the future.  The project has been held up since the main proponent, Jimi's father Al Hendrix, died in 2002.

The memorial is free and open to the public.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix/jimi-hendrix-memorial/detail-1319</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:32:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[coconut grove : the doors, jim morrison]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/coconut-grove</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On March 1, 1969, Jim Morrison was arrested after a Doors show at the Dinner Key Auditorium (now the Coconut Grove Convention Center).  

According to the police report, Morrison was charged with a number of legal infractions:
I. Lewd and lascivious behavior (felony)
II. Indecent exposure (misdemeanor)
III. Open profanity (misdemeanor)
IV. Drunkeness (misdemeanor)

Accounts of the what happened that night vary greatly according to witnesses.  Morrison was acquitted of lewd and lascivious behavior, but was found guilty of indecent exposure and profanity, and he was sentenced to eight months in prison.  

Morrison appealed and remained free on bail.  He left for Paris with girlfriend Pamela in early 1971, <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/jim-morrisons-deathplace">where he died</a> on July 3, 1971.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/coconut-grove/detail-1318</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:08:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jim morrison&#039;s grandparents home : the doors, jim morrison]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/jim-morrisons-grandparents-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jim Morrison went to live with his paternal grandparents in 1961-62, when he attended classes at St. Petersburg College (then a junior college).

The home was demolished on Aug. 15, 2005.  The developers (prominent Scientologist realtors in the area) auctioned the doors (get it?) on eBay to raise money for a charity.  A series of condo towers were created on the property, and the developers have stated they would place a memorial plaque in the south tower where Jim Morrison would have lived.

The name The Doors comes from a William Blake quote: "&ldquo;If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.&rdquo; 

<a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2005/webspecials05/mary-and-jim/doors2-gallery.shtml" target="_blank">View a photo essay</a> on Jim Morrison's grandparents' home from The St. Petersburg Times.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/jim-morrisons-grandparents-home/detail-1317</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:33:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jim morrison&#039;s birthplace : the doors, jim morrison]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/jim-morrisons-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On December 8, 1943, James Douglas "Jim" Morrison was born at Brevard Hospital at this location.  

Since then, the building has changed ownership many times, but has kept its general construction, most notably the curved-linear facade.

The son of a future Navy rear admiral (George Stephen Morrison), the Morrisons moved a great deal while Jim was growing up.  The elder Morrison was unsupportive of Jim's musical ambitions, and by the time Jim Morrison had graduated from UCLA he had cut ties with his family.  

When a neighbor brought over The Doors debut album to George Morrison, he wrote Jim a letter asking him, "to give up any idea of singing or any connection with a music group because of what I consider to be a complete lack of talent in this direction.'

The relationship was nonexistent after that point.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/jim-morrisons-birthplace/detail-1316</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:00:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the hemingway home : ernest hemingway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/the-hemingway-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Hemingway first arrived with his wife Pauline to Key West in 1928.  During a three-week wait for a car to be delivered, Hemingway finished <em>A Farewell to Arms</em> in Key West.  Also completed at this location were the short story classics "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber."

After a couple of seasons in Key West, Pauline's Uncle Gus purchased this home for them.  The home is filled with mementos of their time in Europe, as well as trophies from Hemingway's African safaris and hunts to the American west.  

The home and grounds were a filming location for the 1988 James Bond film, <em>Licence to Kill</em>.

Today, the house is known as The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, and is open to the public for tours.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ernest-hemingway/the-hemingway-home/detail-1314</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:12:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pachyderm studios : nirvana, steve albini, pj harvey]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-steve-albini-pj-harvey/pachyderm-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Pachyderm Studios is a legendary studio tucked into a rural Minnesota forest on a trout stream. 

Nirvana recorded "In Utero" here with Steve Albini (Shellac) in February 1993.

The site has recorded a host of musicians: PJ Harvey, Andrew Bird, Soul Asylum, the Jayhawks and many more.

The studio was recently sold, and the website indicates the new facility will be called Organica Recording.

Other notable albums recorded at Pachyderm:

&bull; <em>Armchair Apocrypha</em> &ndash; Andrew Bird
&bull; <em>Arise Therefore</em> &ndash; Palace
&bull; <em>From Here to Infirmary</em> &ndash; Alkaline Trio
&bull; <em>Grave Dancers Union</em> &ndash; Soul Asylum
&bull; <em>Hollywood Town Hall</em> &ndash; The Jayhawks
&bull; <em>Rid of Me</em> &ndash; PJ Harvey
&bull; <em>Seamonsters</em> &ndash; The Wedding Present
&bull; <em>Stuart Davis</em> &ndash; Stuart Davis
&bull; <em>Throwing Copper</em> &ndash; Live
&bull; <em>Fontanelle</em> &ndash; Babes In Toyland
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-steve-albini-pj-harvey/pachyderm-studios/detail-1312</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:15:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the eagle and child : the inklings]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-inklings/the-eagle-and-child</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Inklings, an Oxford University literary group that included J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams and many other British authors and academics over the years, held weekly informal lunches at the Eagle and Child pub (also known synonymously as the Bird and Baby) in Oxford, England beginning in 1933. The meetings here lasted until the pub, including the Rabbit Room in the back where they met, was remodeled in the early 1960s forcing them to start meeting at the Lamb &amp; Flag pub across the street.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-inklings/the-eagle-and-child/detail-1310</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 03:13:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[west fourth street &amp;ndash; washington square : louie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/louie/west-fourth-street-washington-square</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The West Fourth Street stop opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the first line of the Independent Subway System (IND).  

Today, it is part of the NYC transit system, and was added to the NRHP on March 30, 2005.  Nearby points of interest include Washington Square Park, West Fourth Street Courts, West Village, and New York University.

This is where Louis C.K. exits the subway station in the title sequence of the tv show, <em>Louie</em>.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/louie/west-fourth-street-washington-square/detail-1308</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:11:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[memorial stadium : yes man]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/yes-man/memorial-stadium</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the middling comedy <em>Yes Man</em>, Carl (Jim Carrey) and Allison (Zooey Deschanel) take a spontaneous trip to Lincoln, NE.  At one point, they attend a University of Nebraska Cornhuskers football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.

Although the aerial crowd shots of Memorial Stadium (Lincoln) are accurate, the close-ups were shot with Carrey, Deschanel and over 700 extras at L.A.&rsquo;s Memorial Coliseum.  Carrey, dressed as a Cornhusker, entertained the extras by attempting a few punts in the empty stadium.

Memorial Stadium (Lincoln) was dedicated on October 20, 1923, and is so named for the 3,839 Nebraskans who died in World War II, the 225 in Korea, and the 422 in Vietnam.

The stadium holds an ongoing NCAA record of 317 consecutive sellouts, which began in 1962.  On game day, Memorial Stadium is the third largest city in Nebraska with a population of around 87,000 (only Omaha and Lincoln are larger).
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/yes-man/memorial-stadium/detail-1307</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:55:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[floyd&#039;s barber shop : sons of anarchy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/sons-of-anarchy/floyds-barber-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Commerce Avenue in Tujunga, California was the fictional town of Charming's Main Street in <em>Sons of Anarchy</em>. Floyd's Barber shop, where Police Chief Unser gets an occasional trim and Jax throws Kohn through a plate glass window, was located here not far from <a href="/locations/television/sons-of-anarchy/zobelles-cigar-shop">Zobelle's cigar store</a>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/sons-of-anarchy/floyds-barber-shop/detail-1306</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:50:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&amp;quot;this land is your land&amp;quot; : woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/this-land-is-your-land</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the early months of 1940, Woody Guthrie arrived in New York City.  Dubbed "the Oklahoma cowboy" by his contemporaries, he was embraced by the leftist folk scene at the time.

On constant radio rotation at the time was Irving Berlin's "God Bless America."  Guthrie found the song distasteful- unrealistic and complacent.  On February 23, 1940, in a small boarding house at the corner of 43rd st and 6th Ave in NYC, he went about writing an answer to Berlin.  Guthrie's response was the song "This Land is Your Land."

Adapting the melody from "When The World's On Fire" by the Carter family, "This Land is Your Land" has become a powerful national song, still open for interpretation today.  

One of the original versions of the song had a final verse that goes like this:

"As I went walking, I saw a sign there,
And on the sign there, It said 'Private Property'
But on the other side, it didn't say nothing!
That side was made for you and me." ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie/this-land-is-your-land/detail-1305</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:29:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[zobelle&#039;s cigar shop : sons of anarchy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/sons-of-anarchy/zobelles-cigar-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Zobelle's cigar shop was located in this storefront on Commerce Avenue next to the liquor store in season 2 of <em>Sons of Anarchy</em>. This stretch of Commerce Avenue in the northeast corner of Los Angeles stood in for Charming's downtown. <a href="/locations/television/sons-of-anarchy/floyds-barber-shop">Floyd's barbershop</a> was right down the street.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/sons-of-anarchy/zobelles-cigar-shop/detail-1304</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:49:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the black swan : the clash, the sex pistols]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-clash-the-sex-pistols/the-black-swan</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On July 4, 1976, at a music venue/pub at the bottom of Snig Hill and Bank Street, in the steel town of Sheffield, The Clash played their first live show.

On that day, The Clash had traveled up from London to open a show for The Sex Pistols.  While The Sex Pistols had been together since February, The Clash had only been practicing for four weeks before the show.  

Guitarist/vocalist Joe Strummer had had extensive experience with his pub rock The 101'ers, but bassist Paul Simonon could barely play, relying on Mick Jones to tune his bass during the set.  Also performing in the band were Keith Levene (later with Public Image Ltd) and Terry Chimes on drums.

The set included four songs:
"Listen"
"Rabies"
"Ooh, Baby, Ooh (It's Not Over)"
"Protex Blue"

The Black Swan (sometimes called "The Muddy Duck") eventually became Boardwalk.  The owners have been trying to sell the place for years- not sure if it's open now.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-clash-the-sex-pistols/the-black-swan/detail-1303</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:53:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[charming police station exterior : sons of anarchy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/sons-of-anarchy/charming-police-station-exterior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This North Hollywood building is used for the exterior of the police station for fictional Northern California town Charming in <em>Sons of Anarchy</em>. They film the internal scenes where the writing staff works on the set of the production studio. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/sons-of-anarchy/charming-police-station-exterior/detail-1302</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:30:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[carolines on broadway : louie, bill hicks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/louie-bill-hicks/carolines-on-broadway</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Caroline Hirsch opened up a cabaret in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York in 1981.  The comedians she booked were her most popular draw, so she started booking them exclusively.

After moving to a couple of locations, Carolines on Broadway (sic) opened at this location in 1992.  Billing itself as "America's Premiere Comedy Nightclub," the list of comedians who have played Carolines is pretty extensive.  

Notably, Bill Hicks gave his last performance at Carolines in January 1994 (before he died of cancer).

Louis C.K. often features Carolines as a filming location for the TV series, <em>Louie</em>.

I don't know why they don't put the apostrophe in the name.  That's just how they spell it.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/louie-bill-hicks/carolines-on-broadway/detail-1301</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 08:02:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paddy&#039;s pub exterior : it&#039;s always sunny in philadelphia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia/paddys-pub-exterior</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although no one in <em>It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia</em> ever says where in South Philadelphia Paddy's Pub is located, a <a href="http://theilladelph.blogspot.com/2009/11/mystery-location-of-paddys-pub-in-its.html" target="_blank">viewer</a> spotted street signs that would place it north of the corner of 3rd and Dickinson. The exterior though is actually the Starkman Building in Los Angeles. Interior shots of the bar are filmed on a sound stage in L.A.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia/paddys-pub-exterior/detail-1300</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 20:40:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hotel del coronado : l. frank baum, the wizard of oz]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/l-frank-baum-the-wizard-of-oz/hotel-del-coronado</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At the time of its opening in 1888, the Hotel del Coronado (a.k.a. "The Del" or "Hotel del") was the largest resort hotel in the world.  It has been featured in several books and films.

L. Frank Baum wrote many of his <em>Oz</em> books at the resort.  

Stephen King wrote his story <em>1408</em> (film release in 2007) from a collection of real-life news stories about parapsychologist Christopher Chacon's investigation of a notoriously haunted room at the hotel.

It also was the setting for the 1975 novel <em>Bid Time Return</em> by Richard Matheson; however, for the movie version, <em>Somewhere in Time</em> (1980), the story setting and filming were moved to the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/movies/somewhere-in-time/grand-hotel">Grand Hotel</a> on Mackinac Island, Michigan.

The hotel is featured on a US Postage Stamp honoring director Billy Wilder, with images of Marilyn Monroe and the hotel from <em>Some Like It Hot</em> (1959).  Other films shot here include <em>My Blue Heaven</em> (1990), <em>The Stunt Man</em> (1980), and <em>Wicked, Wicked </em>(1973).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/l-frank-baum-the-wizard-of-oz/hotel-del-coronado/detail-1299</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the yellow brick road : l. frank baum, the wizard of oz]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/l-frank-baum-the-wizard-of-oz/the-yellow-brick-road</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1833, the Peekskill Military Academy was a military school for boys until its closure in June 1968.

L. Fran Baum, author of <em>The Wonderful World of Oz</em>, attended the academy for two years as a youth.  

Maps of Peekskill from that time show there was an actual yellow brick road made from Dutch pavers. The road extended from the river, up a hill, and to the Military Academy. 

A portion of this "yellow brick road" still exists in a parking lot in Peekskill.  The owner of the lot is willing to commemorate the literary road, but the $225,000 necessary for its restoration hasn't yet been secured.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/l-frank-baum-the-wizard-of-oz/the-yellow-brick-road/detail-1297</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 23:44:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[holland castle : l. frank baum, the wizard of oz]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/l-frank-baum-the-wizard-of-oz/holland-castle</link>
				<description><![CDATA[L. Frank Baum, author of <em>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</em>, used to summer on Lake Michigan near Holland, Michigan at Castle Park.  An unincorporated community, Castle Park is a collection of cottages and a massive German-style castle that was built in 1894.  The castle was an inspiration for Baum as he wrote about the Emerald City of Oz.

Today, the castle serves as a library and occasional bingo hall for Castle Park residents.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/l-frank-baum-the-wizard-of-oz/holland-castle/detail-1296</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:38:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[katz&#039;s delicatessen : when harry met sally]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/when-harry-met-sally/katzs-delicatessen</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Katz's Delicatessen was the filming location for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-bsf2x-aeE" target="_blank">the legendary orgasm-faking scene </a> with Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal from <em>When Harry Met Sally</em>.

Although Billy Crystal came up with the classic punchline ("I'll have what she's having"), the scene came out of conversations between director Rob Reiner and writer Nora Ephron.  Rob Reiner did not initially believe Ephron's assertion on the manner, but after grilling female members of the staff in the production office, he was convinced.

<a href="http://katzsdelicatessen.com/" target="_blank">Katz's Delicatessen</a> now has a sign that hangs over the table that was featured in <em>When Harry Met Sally</em>.  Katz's was also the site of Johnny Depp's character meeting with an FBI contact in the film <em>Donnie Brasco</em>, and was also featured in the films <em>Across the Universe, Mary and Max, Enchanted, We Own the Night</em>, and the TV show <em>Law and Order</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/when-harry-met-sally/katzs-delicatessen/detail-1294</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:27:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[east river park amphitheater : wild style]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wild-style/east-river-park-amphitheater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The East River Park Amphitheater in New York's Lower East Side was the site of the classic hip-hop movie <em>Wild Style's</em> final concert featuring The Fantastic Romantic 5, Chief Rocker Busy Bee and The Rock Steady Crew. <em>Wild Style</em>, from 1982, was about graffiti artist Zoro, played by real life graffiti pioneer Lee Qui&ntilde;ones. You can hear samples of the movie in "A to the K" by Cypress Hill, "Genesis" by Nas, "Professor Booty" by Beastie Boys and probably lots more that I don't know about. 

The amphitheater, built in 1941, had fallen into disrepair, but it's since been remodeled and once again hosts public concerts.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wild-style/east-river-park-amphitheater/detail-1293</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:54:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[salvador dali museum : salvador dali]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/salvador-dali/salvador-dali-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened at this location on the downtown waterfront (next to the Mahaffey Theater) in 2011, the <a href="http://thedali.org/visit/overview.html" target="_blank">Salvador Dal&iacute; Museum</a> contains several works by the famous surrealist: the collection includes 96 oil paintings, over 100 watercolors and drawings, 1,300 graphics, photographs, sculptures and objets d'art, and an extensive archival library.

Also included are 7 of the 18 masterwork paintings by Dal&iacute; (including <em>The Hallucinogenic Toreador</em> and <em>The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus</em>, the most of any museum in the world. To be considered a masterwork these paintings must be at least 5 feet in any direction and have been worked on for over a year.

The building itself was designed by the US-based architecture firm of HOK (a.k.a. Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/salvador-dali/salvador-dali-museum/detail-1292</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:41:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the pod : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/the-pod</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Gene and Dean Ween recorded <em>The Pod</em> and <em>Pure Guava</em> at "the Pod," a fly-ridden shack they shared on a horse farm on Van Sant Road in Solebury Township.  

They recorded both albums on a Tascam 4-track, and according to Deaner, they didn't even bother buying new tapes for <em>Pure Guava</em> but simply recorded over demo tapes that other bands had given them on the road.

This is arguably the band's "brown"-est period- a term they devised to describe anything "f*cked up in a good way."  

As their producer and sometimes bass player Andrew Weiss put it:

"<em>...you know, stuff's always so well-orchestrated, or tries to be, when people make records, but the best sound you're gonna get out of stomp box is when the battery's right at the point of dying and it sounds like it's being strangled or something.  So it's kind of like those glorious mistakes are what you're lookin' for.</em>"  
 
(<em>Chocolate and Cheese</em>, Hank Shteamer, 33 1/3 books)]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/the-pod/detail-1291</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:26:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nick twisp&#039;s house : youth in revolt]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/youth-in-revolt/nick-twisps-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The scenes featuring Nick Twisp and his mother's Oakland home were shot here for this 2009 comedy.  Actors filmed at this location include Jean Smart, Zach Galifianakis, Fred Willard, Ray Liotta, Michael Cera and Michael Cera.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/youth-in-revolt/nick-twisps-house/detail-1290</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:36:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[museum of modern human progress     : computers, communications]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/computers-communications/museum-of-modern-human-progress</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Formerly known as the American Computer Museum, the <a href="http://www.compustory.com/" target="_blank">Museum of Modern Human Progress</a> was founded in May 1990 by Barbara and George Keremedjiev as a non-profit organization.

The museum is currently the oldest extant museum dedicated to the history of computers in the world (The Computer Museum in Boston opened first, but closed in 1999).

Artifacts at the museum include early IBM computers, a Burroughs 205, an Apple 1 (donated by Steve Wozniak), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism" target="_blank">an antikythera mechanism</a> 1st century replica, and more.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/computers-communications/museum-of-modern-human-progress/detail-1286</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 05:09:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[john and peter&#039;s place : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/john-and-peters-place</link>
				<description><![CDATA[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, <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/ringing-rocks-park">the same print of Ringing Rocks</a> that was in the liner notes of <em>Chocolate and Cheese</em>.  The photo was taken by Danny Clinch, an Annie Leibovitz prot&eacute;g&eacute;.

Ween used to play the occasional surprise show at this bar.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/john-and-peters-place/detail-1285</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:05:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[angelika film center : kevin smith, clerks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/kevin-smith-clerks/angelika-film-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened in 1989, the Angelika Film Center &amp; Caf&eacute; 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 <em>Slacker</em>.  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 <em>At The Angelika</em>, a weekly TV series distributed by IFC Films.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/kevin-smith-clerks/angelika-film-center/detail-1284</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:07:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kurt cobain riverfront park : nirvana, kurt cobain]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-kurt-cobain/kurt-cobain-riverfront-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[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 <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-kurt-cobain/kurt-cobains-boyhood-home" target="_blank">boyhood home</a> 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 <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/kurt-cobains-birthplace">Grays Harbor Community Hospital</a> during homeless periods).

Under the Young Street Bridge there is graffiti and numerous messages tagged in memoriam of Cobain by his fans.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-kurt-cobain/kurt-cobain-riverfront-park/detail-1283</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:55:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kurt cobain&amp;rsquo;s boyhood home : nirvana, kurt cobain]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-kurt-cobain/kurt-cobains-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-kurt-cobain/kurt-cobains-boyhood-home/detail-1281</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:30:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[i-5, sleater-kinney exit 108 : sleater-kinney]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/sleater-kinney/i-5-sleater-kinney-exit-108</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sleater-Kinney was an alternative rock band that formed in 1994 in Olympia, Washington. 

The group's name is derived from Sleater-Kinney Road, Interstate 5 off ramp #108 in Lacey, Washington, the location of one of their early practice spaces.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/sleater-kinney/i-5-sleater-kinney-exit-108/detail-1280</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2012 05:10:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hammersmith odeon : public enemy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/public-enemy/hammersmith-odeon</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Public Enemy went on tour in support of <em>Yo! Bum Rush the Show</em> opening for LL Cool J and Eric B and Rakim as part of the Def Jam Europe tour in 1987. They played three dates at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, and audio of the third show, recorded by the BBC, was used on <em>It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back</em> which you can hear in "Countdown to Armageddon" at the beginning of the album where British DJ Dave Pearce hypes the crowd. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/public-enemy/hammersmith-odeon/detail-1279</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 02:23:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[reiner design consultants, inc. : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/reiner-design-consultants-inc</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Reiner Design Consultants was the design company that created the cover for Ween's <em>Chocolate and Cheese</em>.  

Originally envisioned by Gene Ween (Aaron Freeman), the cover was a take-off of old Ohio Players album covers, like <em>Honey</em>.  Dean Ween thought that the belt should look like a boxing belt from the 70's (and he now claims to hold the belt).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/reiner-design-consultants-inc/detail-1278</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:10:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[reseda country club : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/reseda-country-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Footage of the Beastie Boys performing at the Reseda Country Club (now closed) in September 1989 was used for the video for "Shadrach." This performance was one of the few live shows by the Beasties in support of <em>Paul's Boutique</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/reseda-country-club/detail-1277</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:08:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[g-spot : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/g-spot</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Beastie Boys rented this house in Los Angeles while working on <em>Paul's Boutique</em> after their stint at the <a href="/locations/music/beastie-boys/mondrian-hotel">Mondrian Hotel</a>. The G-Spot nickname came from the large gold "G" on the front of the building which presumably stood for the house's owner Marilyn Grasshoff. They would end up raiding her closet for the '70s clothes they wore in the video for "Hey Ladies."

The photo of the Beastie Boys underwater was shot by photographer Ricky Powell from Ad-Rock's underground guesthouse bedroom that featured a window into the swimming pool.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/g-spot/detail-1276</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:07:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the egyptian theater : sundance film festival, robert redford]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sundance-film-festival-robert-redford/the-egyptian-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Park City, UT is the home to the Sundance Film Festival.  The Egyptian Theater is the largest theater in town, modeled after the same-named theater in Hollywood.  <em>Sex, Lies, and Videotape</em> and <em>Reservoir Dogs</em> (and countless other independent films) secured their financial futures at this theater.

Robert Redford originally wanted to open up a ski resort near Park City with the land he had purchased.  However, the elevation is below the snow line, so he needed to come up with another scheme.  The Sundance (named after his character in <em>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</em>) empire was born. 

</em></em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sundance-film-festival-robert-redford/the-egyptian-theater/detail-1275</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:25:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[graphic sound studio : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/graphic-sound-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The go-to studio for multiple tracks (and albums) for Ween, Graphic Sound Studio is a studio run by Greg and Patricia Frey in Ringoes (East Amwell), New Jersey.

"Baby Bitch" (track #7 on <em>Chocolate and Cheese</em>) was recorded at Graphic Sound in a frenzy.  Dean and Gene were going through a prolific song-writing phase, and usual drummer Claude Coleman was on tour.  Pat Frey filled in on drums for "Baby Bitch" and the song was done by the second take.

Ween's 2003 live album <em>All Request Live</em> for Chocodog Records was also done at Graphic Sound Studio, as well as numerous additional tracks and song portions throughout the years.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/graphic-sound-studio/detail-1274</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:12:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[miramax&#039;s second ny office : weinstein brothers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/weinstein-brothers/miramaxs-second-ny-office</link>
				<description><![CDATA[During the period that Miramax Films acquired and released <em>Sex, Lies, and Videotape</em>, <em>Scandal</em>, and <em>My Left Foot</em>, the Weinstein brothers ran their distribution and production company out of an office at this location.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/weinstein-brothers/miramaxs-second-ny-office/detail-1273</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:46:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[miramax&#039;s first ny office : weinstein brothers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/weinstein-brothers/miramaxs-first-ny-office</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When the Weinstein Bros moved Miramax from Buffalo to New York City, their first office (in the early 80's) was at this location on the corner of 56th and Broadway. 

Miramax had a hit at this location with <em>The Secret Policeman's Other Ball</em>, a benefit concert for Amnesty International starring Monty Python and numerous musicians.  During this time, the business acquired many international films and reworked them for the US market.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/weinstein-brothers/miramaxs-first-ny-office/detail-1272</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:40:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[campbell junior high school 218  : weinstein brothers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/weinstein-brothers/campbell-junior-high-school-218</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Harvey and Bob Weinstein, founders of Miramax Films and independent film producers/zeitgeist-manufacturers, went to junior high at Campbell Junior High School 218.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/weinstein-brothers/campbell-junior-high-school-218/detail-1271</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:22:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[new hope-lambertville toll supported bridge : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/new-hope-lambertville-toll-supported-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[New Hope, PA is the birthplace of Ween.  Both Dean (Mickey Melchiondo) and Gene (Aaron Freeman) Ween grew up in it's brownish breeding ground.  New Hope is a scenic river town, with the Delaware River gently separating it and Lambertville, NJ.

During the weekends, New Hope becomes a tourist destination where people ride along the river on horse carriages, mule-barge rides on the canal, ferry boats and bicycles- you name it.  Somewhat idyllic, but...

(Dean Ween:) "...when you grow up in a town like that, you become fucking bitter.  It's like people who live at the beach year-round, and all the summer tourists come in."

"So I was with Guy (Heller, of the Moistboyz) one day and we're walking across the bridge and we're seeing all this shit: people eating ice cream and it's so ugly.  Guy's like, "Man, I just wish I had a fuckin' megaphone.  I'd like to fuckin' make an announcement and say, 'AIDS!, HIV! Cancer!'...so I turned it into a song."

"The HIV Song" is #14 on <em>Chocolate and Cheese</em>.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/new-hope-lambertville-toll-supported-bridge/detail-1269</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:49:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[joppa road : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/joppa-road</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dean Ween: "Joppa Road is a road outside of DC that we used to drive past on tour, and it looks so fucking funny on a sign."

He goes on to say, "The idea was you're cruisin' down a road, which is the name of the song, with wind blowing through your hair, and it's, like, the cruisin' vibe- sunny, cruisin', blue-sky vibe, which is what "Ventura Highway" (by the band America) is, taken to the max.  It's the Ween bastardization by accident."

Joppa Road is track #11 on the 1994 Ween release, <em>Chocolate and Cheese</em>.

Historical tidbit: Joppa Road was originally an Indian trail and was still used as such as late as 1697.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/joppa-road/detail-1268</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:47:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mohamed&#039;s falafel star : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/mohameds-falafel-star</link>
				<description><![CDATA[While preparing to shoot the video for "I Can't Put My Finger On It" off <em>Chocolate and Cheese</em>, Ween approached director Chris Applebaum (video director for Rihanna, Britney Spears, and other pop stars) and asked him, "Have you ever seen a succulent lamb shank skewered and spinning on a rotisserie while lit by a beautiful amber light?"

Applebaum replied that there was a falafel shop down the street from his apartment, at the corner of Avenue A and E. 8th st.  Applebaum negotiated for six hours of shooting ($125 location fee), and sent a picture of the owners to Ween.  They loved the look of the brothers who owned the shop, so Gene asked them to be in the video to look like his rap posse.

While shooting at the location, Mohamed brought out a collection of knives that he stored in the backroom where he and his brother slept.  They are featured (along with the brothers' friends) waving them at the end of the video.  

Deaner's introspective solos were shot at Coney Island (also Ween's idea).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/mohameds-falafel-star/detail-1267</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:51:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[city gardens : ween, danzig]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween-danzig/city-gardens</link>
				<description><![CDATA[City Gardens is a New Jersey punk rock institution.  Opened as Chocolate City (based on the Parliament-Funkadelic song) in 1976, the name changed to City Gardens in 1979.  Since then, a number of interesting moments in music history have happened at City Gardens.

Ween played one of their first club gigs at City Gardens, opening for the Butthole Surfers as teenagers.  They later released a live cassette of a performance at City Gardens called <em>The Live Brain Wedgie</em>.  In the 33 1/3 book on <em>Chocolate and Cheese</em>, one of the band's friends recall Ween getting pelted with change by straight edge kids when they opened for Fugazi.

Danzig played their first show at City Gardens.  A Flock of Seagulls, Thompson Twins and Sin&eacute;ad O'Connor all made their American debuts at City Gardens. 

<em>The Daily Show</em> host Jon Stewart was a bartender at City Gardens for several years before he started doing stand-up.  James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem was a bouncer there for months.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween-danzig/city-gardens/detail-1266</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:12:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[isla de encanta : the pixies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pixies/isla-de-encanta</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Black Francis referred to Puerto Rico as "Isla de Encanta" in the song of that name, sung in Spanish about leaving the island, off the first Pixies EP <em>Come On Pilgrim</em>. The correct Spanish name is "Isla del Encanto" which translates to "Island of Enchantment." Charles Thompson (before he was Pixies frontman Black Francis) went to Puerto Rico as part of a six month exchange program after his stint at <a href="/locations/music/the-pixies/university-of-massachusetts-amherst">U-Mass</a>. He was living in Puerto Rico when he sent Joey Santiago a letter about starting a band when he returned. 

He would also draw on his experience there with a crazy roommate for the <em>Doolittle</em> song "Crackity Jones." The line "He got friends like Paco Picopiedra" was a reference to the voice of Fred Flintstone that roommate claimed to hear in his head, but once again Black Francis didn't quite get the Spanish right. Spanish speakers know Fred Flintstone as Pedro Picapeidra. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pixies/isla-de-encanta/detail-1265</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 01:52:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ringing rocks park  : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/ringing-rocks-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ringing Rocks Park in Pennsylvania contains a natural wonder known as "ringing rocks."  These rocks have a property of resonating like a bell when struck, creating a music-like effect.  

There are specific places in the world where this mysterious phenomenon occurs.  This park in Upper Black Eddy contains them; other locations include the Musical Stones of Skiddaw in the English Lake District, and the Bell Rock Range of Western Australia.

Ringing rocks are also known as <em>sonorous rocks</em> or <em>lithophonic rocks</em>, and are used to create a musical instrument <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v51OfZSE3J0" target="_blank">called the lithophone</a>.

Ween's 1994 release <em>Chocolate and Cheese</em> features an interior picture of Dean and Gene Ween frolicking in a waterfall at Ringing Rocks Park.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/ringing-rocks-park/detail-1263</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 02:31:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[brewster-douglass housing projects : the supremes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-supremes/brewster-douglass-housing-projects</link>
				<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;[T]he nation&rsquo;s first federally funded public housing development for African Americans&rdquo; and childhood home of future Motown stars, Smokey Robinson and (pictured here walking through the projects in 1965) the Supremes' Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard.

Demolition began on September 4th, 2013.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-supremes/brewster-douglass-housing-projects/detail-1262</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 05:51:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cat&#039;s cradle : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/cats-cradle</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Open for forty years, Cat's Cradle has been a popular music venue in Carrboro, North Carolina.

On December 9, 1992, Ween performed there and recorded the set.  The performance was released as a live CD entitled <em>At the Cat's Cradle, 1992</em> on November 25, 2008 on Chocodog Records.  Included with the CD is a bonus DVD of various Ween performances from that era.

During this time, Ween consisted of Dean and Gene Ween playing and singing along to a pre-recorded DAT tape.  They thrived on upsetting the audience, challenging them with their performance-art stage presence while performing unusually well-written songs.  

God bless 'em.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/cats-cradle/detail-1261</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:42:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the rusty nail : freaks and geeks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/freaks-and-geeks/the-rusty-nail</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From the episode &ldquo;Carded and Discarded&rdquo;.  The freaks buy fake ID&rsquo;s to get in this bar to see the band Feedback, which turns out to fronted by their guidance counselor, Mr. Rosso. 
The Freaks and Geeks series took place in the fictional town of Chippewa, MI.  Many references in the series are taken from writer Paul Feig&rsquo;s hometown of Clinton Township, MI.  These include 15 Mile Road, the now defunct grocery store chain Farmer Jack, Mount Clemen [<em>sic</em>] High School, Cobo Arena, Faygo pop, and, The Rusty Nail.
According to bar staff, the location was operating under The Rusty Nail name during in the early 1980&rsquo;s, but at the time was &ldquo;more of a biker bar&rdquo;.  From my experience, the location now looks to be a gathering place to drink and play <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euchre">euchre</a>.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/freaks-and-geeks/the-rusty-nail/detail-1260</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:35:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[johnny cash museum (former) : johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/johnny-cash-museum-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Formerly located in Hendersonville, TN, the Johnny Cash Museum was at this location for many years.  While Johnny Cash was alive, it housed many pieces of memorabilia from the performer's life.  Cash's own mother, Carrie, worked at the museum for the last ten years of her life.

The museum is featured in the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go" target="_blank">Johnny Cash video "Hurt"</a>, a Nine Inch Nails cover that was directed by Mark Romanek.  The museum is shown after it had been closed and damaged by a flood- a striking visual metaphor for the dark, introspective lyrics to the song. 

The Johnny Cash Museum has since been moved to Nashville, with a scheduled opening in the summer of 2012.  The current land and buildings were sold by the Cash family to Hendersonville developer Danny Hale in 2007 for $600,000.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/johnny-cash-museum-former/detail-1258</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:08:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ray bradbury&#039;s walk of fame star : ray bradbury]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ray-bradbury/ray-bradburys-walk-of-fame-star</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On April 1, 2002, American writer Ray Bradbury had a Walk of Fame star in Hollywood dedicated to him at this location.

Bradbury is the author of several pieces of fiction that became films: <em>Fahrenheit 451</em> (1966), <em>Something Wicked This Way Comes</em> (1983), and the 1956 screenplay collaboration with John Ford for <em>Moby Dick</em>.

Bradbury also provided teleplays and stories for <em>Alfred Hitchcock Presents</em> (1956-1962), <em>The Martian Chronicles</em> (1980), and the eponymous program <em>The Ray Bradbury Theater</em> (1985-1992).

Bradbury died at his home in Los Angeles on June 6, 2012 at the age of 91.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/ray-bradbury/ray-bradburys-walk-of-fame-star/detail-1257</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:11:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[el paso international airport : johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/el-paso-international-airport</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On October 4, 1965, Johnny Cash was returning from Juarez, Mexico when he was arrested at the El Paso International Airport.  

He was charged with importing and concealing 668 Dexadrin (uppers) and 475 Equanil (downers) tablets that he had stored in his guitar case.

Bond was set for $1,500.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/el-paso-international-airport/detail-1256</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:37:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ryman auditorium : johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/ryman-auditorium</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1892, The Ryman Auditorium was designed by architect Hugh Cathcart Thompson and funded by riverboat captain and saloon owner Thomas Ryman.  Originally called The Union Gospel Tabernacle, it's original purpose was a multi-function church/tabernacle for the famed revivalist preacher Samuel Porter Jones.

The auditorium was renamed Ryman after his death in 1904.  The  popular radio show <em>The Grand Ole Opry</em> was broadcast at this location from 1943 to 1974 (until it moved to it's current location at the Opryland USA theme park outside of Nashville).

Johnny Cash first met June Carter here in 1956 during a show when they were both performing (Cash with the Tennessee Two and June with the Carter family).

In 1965, Cash was performing for the <em>Grand Ole Opry</em> when his mic stand broke.  Upset, he dragged the stand across the floor lights, causing them to explode (some say he kicked out a few as well).

Cash patched up things, and later filmed <em>The Johnny Cash Show</em> for ABC from 1969 to 1971.

The Ryman Auditorium was placed on National Register for Historic Places in 1971, and was further designated a National Historic Landmark in 2001.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/ryman-auditorium/detail-1255</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:11:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the mansion : rick rubin, red hot chili peppers, jay-z]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rick-rubin-red-hot-chili-peppers-jay-z/the-mansion</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1918, this 10-bedroom mansion in Laurel Canyon was where producer Rick Rubin recorded the Red Hot Chili Peppers for their album, <em>Blood Sugar Sex Magik</em>.  After the success of the project at the location, Rubin bought the mansion and has recorded many albums here: RHCP's <em>Stadium Arcadium</em>, Audioslave's <em>Out of Exile</em>, The Mars Volta's <em>De-Loused in the Comatorium</em>, as well as many others.

Jay-Z recorded "99 Problems" here with Rubin for <em>The Black Album</em> in 2003.

The Mansion also served as the filming location for the 2nd season of <em>Californication</em> as the home of drug-addled &uuml;ber-producer Lew Ashby.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rick-rubin-red-hot-chili-peppers-jay-z/the-mansion/detail-1254</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:35:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ripon college : harrison ford]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/harrison-ford/ripon-college</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1960 to 1964, American actor and producer Harrison Ford attended Ripon College.  Majoring in philosophy, Ford was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity and was active in the drama department and as a sports broadcaster.

After Ripon, Ford went to Los Angeles to do voice-over work for radio, but ended up doing a little acting.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/harrison-ford/ripon-college/detail-1253</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:56:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[snowbird resort : beastie boys, mca]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-mca/snowbird-resort</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the nineties, MCA (Adam Yaunch) would spend a great deal of time snowboarding at Utah's Snowbird Retreat.  For a time, he rented an apartment with pro snowboarder Mike Basich.  At other times, he would have a barren apartment meant for suiting up, showering, and storing a beat-up Subaru to get to the slope lifts.  Some sources state that he would use LSD as eye-droplets during this period, using them on lifts and then hitting black diamond slopes.  

Writer Melissa Larsen remembers meeting MCA on the slopes in an ESPN article- <a href="http://espn.go.com/action/snowboarding/story/_/id/7902538/remembering-one-snowboarding-fallen-heroes-rest-peace-adam-yauch" target="_blank">here</a>.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-mca/snowbird-resort/detail-1252</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:40:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the vic theatre  : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/the-vic-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1912 and designed by John E.O. Pridmore, the Vic Theatre (or more accurately, the Victoria Theatre) in Chicago was a vaudeville theater and is now a music venue that often doubles as a Brew and View second-run movie house.

In November 2003, Ween taped a live performance here for their May 2004 DVD/CD release <em>Ween: Live in Chicago</em>.

Other performances taped here include Bill Hicks' HBO special <em>One Night Stand</em> in 1991, Jim Gaffigan's <em>Beyond the Pale</em> CD, DVD and TV special in 2006, and Wilco's <em>Kicking Television: Live in Chicago</em> in May 2005.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/the-vic-theatre/detail-1251</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 03:47:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[new hope-solebury junior high : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/new-hope-solebury-junior-high</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Outside of Mrs. Slack's 8th grade typing class, Mickey Melchiondo and Aaron Freeman (both born in 1970) started cracking each other up about an alternate universe where the god Boognish reigned supreme.  

After an elaborate transformation, Dean and Gene Ween were birthed in the holy flames of Boognish, and the band, Ween, was created as the great one's mischief-making rock-surrogates on this plane of reality.

That first initial logo of Boognish is still the defining emblem of Ween.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/new-hope-solebury-junior-high/detail-1250</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:17:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[westwood music : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/westwood-music</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After the Beastie Boys released <em>Paul's Boutique</em>, they wanted to spend a serious amount of time getting instrumental before their next album.

Their manager at the time recalls Ad-Rock getting outfitted for his guitar at Westwood Music.  Apparently, Ad-Rock wanted a guitar with a finish like the one Bob Marley had- consideration of tone wasn't the primary motivation for selection.  

At the time of the release of <em>Check Your Head</em>, not many people realized that the Beastie Boys actually knew how to play instruments before they started rapping.  The cover of <em>Check York Head</em> (taken by famed photographer Glen Friedman) is supposed to evoke an instrument-armed Beastie Boys version of the Minor Threat <em>Salad Days</em> cover (which Friedman also shot).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/westwood-music/detail-1249</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 07:23:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[biggest ball of twine in minnesota : weird al yankovic]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/weird-al-yankovic/biggest-ball-of-twine-in-minnesota</link>
				<description><![CDATA[It's billed as the "World's Largest Twine Ball," although since 1950 when Francis A. Johnson wrapped his twine ball in Darwin Minnesota there have been larger and heavier ones constructed in Kansas and Wisconsin. Also, Branson, Missouri supposedly has what is now the largest twine ball in the world, but of course Branson would have something like that. Let's just say the Midwest is amazing. 

The twine ball in Darwin (pop: 350) that Weird Al is singing about in his song "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" is under a gazebo in the center of town, and "Twine Ball Day" is held every year in Darwin on the second Saturday of August.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/weird-al-yankovic/biggest-ball-of-twine-in-minnesota/detail-1248</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:46:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[royal motel : naughty by nature]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/naughty-by-nature/royal-motel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Most of the video for Naughty by Nature's '91 hit "O.P.P." (other than what was shot at "Club Cheatin'") was filmed at the Royal Motel in Secaucus, NJ. A number of other New Jersey motels like the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/naughty-by-nature/kings-inn-motel">Kings Inn</a> in Rahway have cameos.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFTBG1sae0M" target="_blank">Watch O.P.P.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/naughty-by-nature/royal-motel/detail-1247</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:30:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kings inn motel : naughty by nature]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/naughty-by-nature/kings-inn-motel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The concept behind Naughty by Nature's video for "O.P.P." was a tour of the cheap New Jersey motels where someone might take their O.P.P. for a hook-up. The weird-ass pyramid from Rahway, NJ's Kings Inn Motel makes a brief appearance over Vinnie's shoulder.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFTBG1sae0M" target="_blank">Watch O.P.P.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/naughty-by-nature/kings-inn-motel/detail-1246</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mondrian hotel : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/mondrian-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When the Beastie Boys arrived in Los Angeles after leaving Def Jam Recordings in New York, they initially stayed on the ninth floor of the Modrian Hotel.  

It was summertime, and across the street there were lines of people waiting to get into The Comedy Store.  Never ones to let an opportunity pass, the BBoys decided to throw eggs at them from the ninth floor.  This led to a series of "drive-by eggings, plaguing L.A." and is the subject of the <em>Paul's Boutique</em> song, "Egg Man."

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/mondrian-hotel/detail-1245</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 06:12:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[buddy guy&#039;s legends : buddy guy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-guy/buddy-guys-legends</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened in 1989, Buddy Guy's Legends is a bar/restaurant/blues music venue that is owned by Buddy Guy.  Born on July 30, 1936 in Lettsworth, LA, the 75-year-old blues legend still takes the stage every January.  Apparently, he often hangs out at the establishment when he's in town.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-guy/buddy-guys-legends/detail-1244</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 03:12:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[blueberry hill : chuck berry]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/chuck-berry/blueberry-hill</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Chuck Berry, American rock and roll legend, is still alive.  Born on October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, MO, the 85-year-old still plays at his bar (Blueberry Hill) in St. Louis one Wednesday a month.  Go see him while you still can.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/chuck-berry/blueberry-hill/detail-1243</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 23:43:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wake forest baptist medical center : doc watson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/doc-watson/wake-forest-baptist-medical-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Doc (Arthel Lane) Watson, bluegrass legend and master of the flatpicking guitar technique, died at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center on May 29, 2012.  Doc had fallen earlier in the week, and was undergoing treatment; he was 89 years old.

Doc Watson had lost his vision due to an eye infection before the first grade.  He lived in the Deep Gap, North Carolina region, and bought his first guitar from Sears Roebuck with money he made from cutting down chestnut trees (and selling them to a tannery).  He lived through the folk revival of the 1960s, and received the National Medal of Arts from U.S. president Bill Clinton in 1987.  So in other words, the guy is pretty much a legend.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQOCJ4SUSk" target="_blank">His refined technique</a> helped usher in the era of guitar as a lead instrument, for better or worse.  Doc Watson's Gallagher guitar is on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/doc-watson/wake-forest-baptist-medical-center/detail-1242</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 10:33:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[belmont plateau : dj jazzy jeff &amp;amp; the fresh prince, summertime]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dj-jazzy-jeff-the-fresh-prince-summertime/belmont-plateau</link>
				<description><![CDATA["<em>Back in Philly we be out in the park
A place called the plateau is where everybody goes</em>"]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dj-jazzy-jeff-the-fresh-prince-summertime/belmont-plateau/detail-1241</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 06:55:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[garland beauty products, inc. : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/garland-beauty-products-inc</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Back when the Beastie Boys had their G-Sons Studio in Silver Lake, CA, Spike Jonze came over to check things out.  Mike D, MCA, and Jonze went out to some thrift stores, a K-Mart, and this wig and beauty supply store.  They bought a bunch of wigs and started to play around.  By the next day they knew they were on to something...

They used the wigs (and the clothes) in the Spike Jonze-directed <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE" target="_blank">"Sabotage" video</a>.  For the video, they were all supposed to grow mustaches, but only Ad-Rock (the actor) ended up growing a real po-po 'stache.

At the 1994 MTV Video Awards, "Sabotage" was nominated for five different categories and lost in all of them.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/garland-beauty-products-inc/detail-1240</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 05:33:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hammerstein ballroom : beastie boys, the strokes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-the-strokes/hammerstein-ballroom</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the Manhattan Center Studios building on West 34th Street, the Hammerstein Ballroom was originally constructed in 1906 by Oscar Hammerstein as the Manhattan Opera House.  Oscar wanted to create an alternative to the more expensive Metropolitan Opera, and his plan was evidently successful (he was paid $1.2 million by the Metropolitan Opera to stop producing operas for ten years).  This opened the door for vaudeville performers to use the ballroom.

From October 28-29, 2001, the Beastie Boys hosted a New Yorkers Against Violence concert.  The fundraiser was created in response to the events of September 11, and the it was the first time the Beastie Boys had performed live since the Tibetan Freedom Concert of 1999.  The B-Boys shared the stage with the Strokes, the B-52's, Afrika Bambaataa, Mos Def and the Roots, as well as the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion over the two days.  The proceeds were donated to the New York Women's Foundation Disaster Relief Fund and the NY Association for New Americans.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-the-strokes/hammerstein-ballroom/detail-1238</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 03:46:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[origami crane : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/origami-crane</link>
				<description><![CDATA[There was a dispute over whether this origami crane with goldfish was actually a Banksy piece until he claimed it on his website. It's located in Lyme Regis right down the road from here on Coombe St. on the side of a building next to the canal.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/origami-crane/detail-1235</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 02:05:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sweatshop : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/sweatshop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Banksy's sweatshop laborer on the side of a Poundmark store in North London. This one has been covered by plexiglass with some of that union jack bunting preserved between the plexiglass and the wall.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/sweatshop/detail-1234</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 23:42:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[edgar rice burroughs birthplace : edgar rice burroughs, tarzan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-rice-burroughs-tarzan/edgar-rice-burroughs-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The writer/creator of <em>Tarzan</em> and <em>John Carter of Mars</em> was born at this address on September 1, 1875.  

The fourth son of Civil War veteran and businessman Major George Tyler Burroughs (1833&ndash;1913) and his wife Mary Evaline (Zieger) Burroughs (1840&ndash;1920), Edgar Rice Burroughs attended several schools in the area until he left Chicago because of the influenza epidemic for his brother's ranch on the Raft River in Idaho.

In the ensuing years, Burroughs was a soldier in the Arizona Territory, performed ranch work, and worked for his father's firm.  In 1911, he was working as a pencil sharpener wholesaler and was reading a great deal of pulp fiction.  It was at this point that he decided to begin writing.

As he stated:  <em>"...if people were paid for writing rot such as I read in some of those magazines, that I could write stories just as rotten.  As a matter of fact, although I had never written a story, I knew absolutely that I could write stories just as entertaining and probably a whole lot more so than any I chanced to read in those magazines."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-rice-burroughs-tarzan/edgar-rice-burroughs-birthplace/detail-1233</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 06:03:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[oscilloscope laboratories : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/oscilloscope-laboratories</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, Oscilloscope Laboratories is the office and studio space for the Beastie Boys.  Also included at the location are the film production/distribution offices of Oscilloscope Laboratories, which has released (and re-released) a number of films under the direction of MCA (Adam Yauch).

The Beastie Boy albums <em>To the 5 Boroughs</em>, <em>The Mix-Up</em>, and <em>Hot Sauce Committee Part Two</em> were all recorded at Oscilloscope Laboratories.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/oscilloscope-laboratories/detail-1232</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 02:21:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[puente hills mall : back to the future]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/back-to-the-future/puente-hills-mall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Filming location for Twin Pines Mall / Lone Pine Mall, where the Libyan bastards shot Doc Brown.
The JCPenney location visible in the film is currently a 24 Hour Fitness gym.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/back-to-the-future/puente-hills-mall/detail-1231</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 01:14:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gee, the kids need clothes store : beastie boys, ad-rock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-ad-rock/gee-the-kids-need-clothes-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock)'s mother, Doris Keefe Horovitz, owned and operated the  Gee, The Kids Need Clothes Store at this location in the West Village.  Unique in that there were not many stores that sold children's clothes, let alone affordable and second-hand clothes, Doris was well-loved in the neighborhood.  Parents and kids could walk out of the store with armloads of clothes for practically nothing, and runaways were helped with no questions asked. 

As <a href="http://mrbellersneighborhood.com/2002/02/gee-the-kids-need-clothes" target="_blank">a neighborhood writer</a> recalls, "...the interior was painted a bright yellow, and there was probably a mural or at least stencils of some sort decorating the walls. It had that happy sunny kid-friendly feel, and how I loved going in to try on clothes."

Doris attended all of Adam's shows, and the album <em>Licensed to Ill</em> is dedicated to her memory.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-ad-rock/gee-the-kids-need-clothes-store/detail-1230</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 01:02:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[beastie boys chinatown apartment : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/beastie-boys-chinatown-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After the Beastie Boys settled with British Airways for using a snippet of "Beastie Revolution" off their <em>Cooky Puss</em> EP in an ad without permission, they received a $40,000 payout.  The first time the Beasties had any money, they moved into an apartment at this Chinese sweatshop building.

According to Adam Yauch (MCA), the apartment had something he had <em>"...never seen before or since in any apartment anywhere in the world- the floor was actually laid blacktop.  Somebody had rolled out tar on the floor- like from the street."</em>

The apartment allowed them to play music anytime of day or night and generally party.  At one point, a bullet went through the toaster oven from a gunshot upstairs.  They ran upstairs and there was an old woman and nobody else in the room.  They asked what happened, but she didn't speak English.  

Yauch: <em>"You know some crazy shit had just happened in that sweatshop and they had quickly covered it up- dragged the body out."</em>
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/beastie-boys-chinatown-apartment/detail-1228</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 00:30:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jack white&#039;s home [2003 - 2006] : the white stripes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-white-stripes/jack-whites-home-2003-2006</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After becoming a commercially successful musician, Jack White moved to the affluent Indian Village neighborhood.  
The home was designed by C. Howard Crane, architect of the Detroit&rsquo;s Fox Theater, Orchestra Hall, and Opera House.
The White Stripes recorded their album &ldquo;Get Behind Me Satan&rdquo; in the foyer of this home.
White sold the house in 2006 to move to Nashville, TN.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-white-stripes/jack-whites-home-2003-2006/detail-1226</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 00:15:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[area nightclub : beastie boys, andy warhol, jean-michel basquiat]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-andy-warhol-jean-michel-basquiat/area-nightclub</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Area was a themed nightclub that was extremely popular in downtown Manhattan in the 1980's.  The theme of the club would change every six weeks, and the interior would be redecorated to reflect the new theme: specific themes included "Night" (with a masked welder), "Surrealism", "Suburbia", "Red", and "Gnarly" (with skate ramps and boarders.

New York artist (and former boyfriend of Madonna) Jean-Michel Basquiat displayed his work here.  Andy Warhol often mention Area in his diaries.

When the Beastie Boys were making the transition from a hardcore band to a hip-hop band, they were hanging out with Rick Rubin quite a bit.  After Beasties drummer Kate Schellenbach returned from an out-of-town trip one weekend, she went to Area and saw the members of the Beastie Boys.  Rubin had purchased the boys (MCA, Ad-Rock, and Mike D) matching red Adidas sweat suits and sneakers.  Kate was not given a suit, and it became clear she was not welcome in the new group.

Kate S. later played drums for the band Luscious Jackson.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-andy-warhol-jean-michel-basquiat/area-nightclub/detail-1225</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:05:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[robert e. howard museum : robert e. howard, conan the barbarian]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/robert-e-howard-conan-the-barbarian/robert-e-howard-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the city of Cross Plains, TX is the family home (and current museum) of Robert "Bob" E. Howard, author of several fantasy and adventure stories and creator of "Conan the Barbarian."

A frequent contributor to <em>Weird Tales</em> magazine, Howard was part of "The Lovecraft Circle", a group of fantasy writers who were influenced and encouraged through correspondence with Lovecraft.

Although Howard never had a book published in his lifetime, by the age of thirty he was consistently selling his stories to different magazines.  

In 1936, upon hearing that his mother was entering a coma that she would not awake from, Howard went out to the car in the driveway of this location and shot himself in the head.  He was thirty years old.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/robert-e-howard-conan-the-barbarian/robert-e-howard-museum/detail-1224</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 01:23:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rogue music : beastie boys, ad-rock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-ad-rock/rogue-music</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Rogue Music is a vintage instrument dealer that has been operating in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan since 1983.

The Beastie Boys had gotten a chunk of settlement money after British Airways had used their song "Beastie Revolution" from the <em>Cooky Puss</em> single in an ad without clearing it.  With some of the money, Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys bought a Roland TR-808 drum machine at Rogue Music in the early 80's.  

Ad-Rock then used that drum machine to create the beats for LL Cool J's first single, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVkaN--0ld0" target="_blank">"I Need a Beat</a>."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-ad-rock/rogue-music/detail-1223</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 23:33:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the huxtable house : the cosby show]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-cosby-show/the-huxtable-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan, St. Luke's Place (a portion of Leroy St.) is a quaint and often photographed block.  

Featuring brick and brownstone row houses and antique mayoral lampposts, St. Luke's Place has had many famous residents throughout the years.  Edgar Allan Poe used to frequent Walk Park (across the street) in the 1830's, and it was also featured in the film <em>Raging Bull</em>.

The home of the Huxtables' (at least the exterior shots used) in <em>The Cosby Show</em> is 10 St. Luke's Place.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-cosby-show/the-huxtable-house/detail-1221</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:38:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[grand hotel : somewhere in time]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/somewhere-in-time/grand-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The site of filming for this movie, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour.
The hotel has been designated as one of the "Historic Hotels of America" and features the world's longest porch.
Fans, often in period costumes, celebrate the film here each October.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/somewhere-in-time/grand-hotel/detail-1220</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 07:25:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bed-stuy neighborhood block : do the right thing, public enemy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/do-the-right-thing-public-enemy/bed-stuy-neighborhood-block</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Both Spike Lee's <em>Do the Right Thing</em> and the video for Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" that he directed were both filmed on Stuyvesant Avenue between Lexington and Quincy in Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy neighborhood. Sal's Pizzeria and the Korean grocery were both sets built for the movie. 

The "Bed-Stuy Do or Die" mural that was painted for the movie on the corner of Stuyvesant and Lexington Avenues is almost entirely faded and mostly obstructed by a newer building. 

"Fight the Power" was written by Public Enemy for the movie and was originally on the <em>Do the Right Thing</em> soundtrack. 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WHe5fxS3dA" target="_blank">Watch PE's "Fight the Power"</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/do-the-right-thing-public-enemy/bed-stuy-neighborhood-block/detail-1219</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 07:16:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[somewhere on flatbush ave. : black star]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/black-star/somewhere-on-flatbush-ave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[...Circa 1998.

Specifically though, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek spend most of their time at Brooklyn's Farmer in the Deli Supermarket in between driving around in a Black Star van in the video for "Definition" off their first album.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuJaStSL0xM" target="_blank">Watch Black Star - Definition</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/black-star/somewhere-on-flatbush-ave/detail-1218</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 03:07:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pepto-bismal palace : shut up little man! - an audio misadventure]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/shut-up-little-man-an-audio-misadventure/pepto-bismal-palace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1987, Eddie Lee Sausage and Mitchell D. moved into this apartment building, next door to roommates Peter Haskett (an openly homosexual man) and Raymond Huffman (an openly homophobic man).  Eddie and Mitch recorded the frequent alcohol-fueled arguments of Pete and Ray, inspiring comic books, plays, and films.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/shut-up-little-man-an-audio-misadventure/pepto-bismal-palace/detail-1217</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 02:13:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sutro baths : frank black and the catholics]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/frank-black-and-the-catholics/sutro-baths</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Sutro Baths, opened in 1896, were an enormous covered swimming pool complex in western San Francisco. It had seven pools filled with water from the ocean with six of them kept at temperatures ranging from hot to cold. Over the course of its operation until it closed in 1966 it also featured a concert hall, ice skating rink and a huge collection of owner Adolph Sutro's stuffed animals and other oddities. The structure burned down in 1966 leaving behind the ruins which are now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

The photo on the cover of the Frank Black and the Catholics album <em>Dog in the Sand</em> was shot here. It's a perfectly boring album cover, but I was just glad it didn't make my eyes bleed like all of the other Frank Black and the Catholics album artwork.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/frank-black-and-the-catholics/sutro-baths/detail-1215</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 04:21:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[harrison square : del the funky homosapien]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/del-the-funky-homosapien/harrison-square</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The photo for Del the Funky Homosapien's comic book themed cover on his second album <em>No Need for Alarm</em> was shot at Harrison Square in Oakland's Chinatown. A lot of people say this album is uneven, which it is, but much of it is great if you can get past the misogyny of "Boo Boo Heads."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/del-the-funky-homosapien/harrison-square/detail-1214</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:42:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[trude heller&#039;s : beastie boys, reagan youth]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-reagan-youth/trude-hellers</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Trude Heller's was a venue at the SE corner of 6th Ave and 9th St from the early 60's to the early 80's.  Named after the proprietor, Heller also owned a record label, Tru-Glo-Town Records.

Joey Dee and the Starliters played at Trude Heller's (when Peter Criss was drumming, later to play with Kiss). 

A <em>Variety</em> column from 1968 wrote, "Salvador Dali showed up at Trude Heller's Greenwich Village fruggery with his pet ocelot for his date."

The Beastie Boys played here with Reagan Youth and Even Worse in 1980.  HR from Bad Brains saw them perform, and asked the Beastie Boys to open up for Bad Brains for the final night of <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones-the-velvet-underground-new-york-dolls/maxs-kansas-city">Max's Kansas City</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-reagan-youth/trude-hellers/detail-1213</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:34:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[under the brooklyn bridge : 3rd bass]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/3rd-bass/under-the-brooklyn-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I always thought the 1991 3rd Bass album <em>Derelicts of Dialect</em> was underrated, although it does have the worst skits of any hip-hop album ever (yes, even worse than <em>The Score</em> by the Fugees). 

The cover photo with MC Serch, Pete Nice and Richie Rich dressed as derelicts was shot under the Brooklyn Bridge. The photo is credited to Michael Lavine who has also shot cover photography for The Notorious B.I.G. (<em>Life After Death</em>), Outkast (<em>Stankonia</em>) and the infamous Dwarves album cover <em>Blood Guts and Pussy</em>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/3rd-bass/under-the-brooklyn-bridge/detail-1212</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 04:10:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[saint ann&#039;s school : beastie boys, mike d]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-mike-d/saint-anns-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn Heights, NYC is a private school with rigorous programs in the arts, humanities, and sciences.  Students do not receive grades at Saint Ann's, but receive full-page anecdotal reports for each individual.

In a 2004 survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal, Saint Ann's was rated the number one high school in the country for having the highest percentage of graduating seniors enroll in Ivy League colleges.

Beastie Boy Mike D attended the school, as did filmmaker Lena Dunham (<em>Tiny Furniture</em>, and the HBO series <em>Girls</em>).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-mike-d/saint-anns-school/detail-1211</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 04:01:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the kitchen (2nd location) : beastie boys, rick rubin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-rick-rubin/the-kitchen-2nd-location</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Kitchen is a New York art space that has existed in three different locations from 1971 to the present.  It originated as a video art gallery, but evolved into a plastic and performance space, and eventually into a non-profit arts organization.

In the early 80's, the Beastie Boys first met Rick Rubin (hip-hop producer and founder of Def Jam Records) during an art show at this Kitchen location (its second home from 1973&ndash;1986).  Rubin was hired as the Beastie Boys DJ, under the handle DJ Double R.  Rubin would go on to produce the Beastie Boys debut LP, <em>Licensed to Ill</em>. 

The Beastie Boys gave one of their early performances at The Kitchen on December 12, 1983 ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-rick-rubin/the-kitchen-2nd-location/detail-1210</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 03:08:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[peppermint lounge : black flag, the beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/black-flag-the-beastie-boys/peppermint-lounge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Peppermint Lounge was a disco in Times Square from 1958 to 1965.  It was popular in the early 60's as the origination point for the popular "Twist" dance craze.  It gets referenced in Sam Cooke's "Twistin' the Night Away" when he mentions <em>"a place/Somewhere up a New York way/Where the People are so gay"</em>.  The Beatles visited the Peppermint Lounge on their first US tour in 1964.

The Peppermint Lounge changed its named several times and was a mob-run gay bar from 1965 to 1980.

In November of 1980, the Peppermint Lounge was reopened as a punk and new wave music venue.  On March 15, 1981, Black Flag played their first show in New York.  For many New Yorkers, this was their first exposure to this particular strain of punk rock.  MCA, Mike D. and the rest of the early Beastie Boys were at this show, and they were inspired to start a hardcore band.  

Legend has it that Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye were also at the show, as were a contingent of D.C. hardcore fans, who chanted "Georgetown punks!" and dominated the audience.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/black-flag-the-beastie-boys/peppermint-lounge/detail-1209</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 02:38:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[andrew jackson high school : ll cool j, glen e. friedman]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ll-cool-j-glen-e-friedman/andrew-jackson-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[LL Cool J dropped out of Andrew Jackson High School in Queens, but the building still made it onto the cover of his second album Bigger and Deffer. The photo was shot by Glen E. Friedman, the L.A. photographer responsible for iconic photographs of many bands such as the Beastie Boys, Fugazi, Public Enemy and Run DMC.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ll-cool-j-glen-e-friedman/andrew-jackson-high-school/detail-1208</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 06:39:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ch&amp;acirc;teau de touffou  : david ogilvy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/david-ogilvy/chateau-de-touffou</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Ch&acirc;teau de Touffou is a castle that has been converted into a mansion that dates back to the 12th century.  It passed from the Oger family (1127-1280) to the Montl&eacute;on family (1280-1519) and eventually to the Chasteigner family (1519-1821).  

After the Chasteigner family sold it, it changed hands several times until it was purchased in 1966 by advertising legend (and original Mad Man) David Ogilvy.  

Ogilvy founded the advertising firm of Ogilvy and Mather, and is the author of several books: <em>Confessions of an Advertising Man, Ogilvy on Advertising</em>, and <em>Blood, Brains &amp; Beer: The Autobiography of David Ogilvy</em>.

Not bad for a guy who got started selling stoves door-to-door...
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/david-ogilvy/chateau-de-touffou/detail-1206</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 23:27:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tier 3 (tr3) : madness, beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/madness-beastie-boys/tier-3-tr3</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On the SE corner of W Broadway and White St, in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York, a short-lived punk and new wave club existed from 1979 to December 1980.

Hilary Jaeger was working as a waitress at Tier 3 (or TR3) in the spring of 1979 when she began booking shows at the 300-capacity venue.  The club mixed punk and new wave music with the experimental film and art scenes of Downtown.

TR3 had three floors, a mural that was painted by Basquiat, and also one painted by Kiki Smith.

The Lounge Lizards played one of their first shows at TR3, and played many times after that.  Other New York bands included The dB's, DNA, The Stimulators, The Bush Tetras, 8 Eyed Spy with Lydia Lunch, and The Raybeats.

It is likely that Madness played their first US show at TR3 in 1979.  There is a picture of a flyer promoting a TR3 show in the liner notes of the Beastie Boys <em>Some Old Bullshit</em>, so they must have played there as well.

The venue was evicted in December of 1980.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/madness-beastie-boys/tier-3-tr3/detail-1204</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:23:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[great gildersleeves : beastie boys, sonic youth]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-sonic-youth/great-gildersleeves</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Great Gildersleeves was the other rock/punk music venue on the Bowery in the late 70's and early 80's.  Although it never reached the level of infamy of CBGB's, G.G. saw its share of major shows.

On April 1, 1979, Elvis Costello played here in a series of three NYC shows <a href="http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/r/rolling_stone.790501a.html" target="_blank">immediately after "the Ray Charles incident."</a>

The Beastie Boys used to play here in their hardcore days ('82 and '83).  On April 24, 1983, Adam Horovitz's band, The Young and the Useless, opened for H&uuml;sker D&uuml; and the Replacements (this was before he joined the Beastie Boys).

Sonic Youth played their 2nd show here on June 3, 1981. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-sonic-youth/great-gildersleeves/detail-1203</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 06:18:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[walden school : beastie boys, mike d]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-mike-d/walden-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Beastie Boy Mike D attended the prestigious private school, the Walden School.

The Walden School was founded by Margaret Naumburg in 1914.  The school became a model for progressive education, and embraced &ldquo;individual transformation&rdquo; as an education principle, encouraging creative expression and self-motivated learning.

While in high school, Mike D was in a band called the Young Aborigines with drummer Kate Schellenbach. According to Mike D, they had only one fan, MCA, so when they quit the band after two shows, they reformed as the Beastie Boys.

The Walden School merged with the New Lincoln School in 1988, and the location is currently home to the Trevor Day School.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-mike-d/walden-school/detail-1202</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:35:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st. mark&#039;s sounds : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/st-marks-sounds</link>
				<description><![CDATA[St. Mark's Sounds is a record store mainstay in the East Village of Manhattan.

The Beastie Boys used to hang out here and listen to records in their hardcore days.  They sold their first EP here, <em>Polly Wog Stew</em>, and MCA was reported confused that the 7" would continually sell out each week.  Mojo (of "Egg Raid on Mojo") also liked to shop here.

When <em>Licensed to Ill</em> dropped, record store <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/binky-philips/i-take-the-pollywog-ep-on_b_1500683.html" target="_blank">employee Binky Phillips recalled</a> that they listened to it nonstop.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1_IKWDku8&feature=relmfu" target="_blank">Ad-Rock wrote lyrics</a> to "Paul Revere" on the steps outside of St. Mark's Sound.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/st-marks-sounds/detail-1201</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:13:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[city-as-school : beastie boys, ad-rock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-ad-rock/city-as-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The City-As-School is a public high school in the West Village of Manhattan that focuses on experiential learning through internship.

Adam Horovitz (King Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys) attended the City-As-School.  Horovitz, the son of playwright Israel Horovitz, joined the Beastie Boys in 1982 (at the age of 16) after their previous guitarist stepped own.  Horovitz's own band, the Young and the Useless, were already opening for the Beastie Boys and covering some of their songs.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-ad-rock/city-as-school/detail-1200</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 04:40:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stuyvesant high school : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/stuyvesant-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although Ad-Rock likes to rock the Stuyvesant P.E. T-shirt, the only Beastie to attend Stuyvesant was Kate Schellenbach (original drummer during their hardcore days).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/stuyvesant-high-school/detail-1199</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 04:00:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pyramid club : beastie boys, andy warhol, rupaul]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-andy-warhol-rupaul/pyramid-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened in 1979, the Pyramid Club has gone through (sometimes simultaneously) every permutation of sub-culture in NYC.

As the NY Times put it: "Punk rockers, Goth betties and queers of every feather worship weekly at this temple of iniquity..."

RuPaul, the drag queen/pop-star, debuted at the Pyramid in 1982.  Andy Warhol and Debby Harry did a spot for MTV at this bar.

In the early days, a large bouncer named Mojo worked the door.  One night, he wouldn't let a bunch of punk rockers in.  They retaliated by throwing eggs at him.

<a href="http://www.blockmagazine.com/uproar.php?title=lstronggmr_mojo_rising_aamp_jezebel_musi&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1" target="_blank">To hear Mojo tell it</a>:
<em>"Now the Pyramid was like a real bar and I couldn&rsquo;t let these young kids in, and they got mad, so they went across the street to the all night deli and got like two-dozen eggs and started throwing them at me. And I had on a baseball cap, and there was like a line of people going from the front of the Pyramid to like 6th street, and I was like playing Jai Lai, I was catching the eggs in the hat and winging them back, and every time I hit somebody the crowd went &lsquo;OLE!' It was incredible man!"</em>

Those egg-wielding punks were the Beastie Boys, hence their classic song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTtQ-uTf1uo" target="_blank">"Egg Raid on Mojo."</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-andy-warhol-rupaul/pyramid-club/detail-1198</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:57:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rat cage records : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/rat-cage-records</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the basement of this address, Dave Ratcage (a.k.a. Dave Parsons) ran Rat Cage Records, a popular record store/hang-out for the hardcore scene in the early 80's.  The editor of <em>Mouth Of The Rat</em> 'zine and a NY contributor to <em>MRR</em>, Dave would keep the shop open until 4 in the morning for the kids.   

In August of 1981, Dave went to the see <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/beastie-boys-first-show">the Beastie Boys first show</a>.  He approached the Beasties about recording, they were enthusiastic, and he arranged for them to record at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-bad-brains/171a-studios-former">Studio 171-A</a> for their first release, the <em>Polly Wog Stew EP</em> on Ratcage Records.

Later, he released the Beastie Boys <em>Cooky Puss</em> 12" on Ratcage Records.  This was a departure from the hardcore punk sound for the B-Boys; it was <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DOMxm0o12c&feature=related" target="_blank">an experimental hip-hop(ish) release</a> that was a crank call over a series of beats.  The track started to get played in discos, and the Beasties had something of a hit on their hands...

A transexual, Dave later became Donna, moved to Europe, and died of cancer in 2003.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/rat-cage-records/detail-1196</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:08:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[beastie boys&#039; first show : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/beastie-boys-first-show</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On August 5th, 1981, the Beastie Boys played their first show in guitarist John Berry's loft.  It was Adam Yauch's 17th birthday.  

It was at this party that Dave Parsons of the Rat Cage record store said that he wanted to start recording bands, and asked the Beastie Boys if they were interested.  They said yes, and the <em>Polly Wog Stew EP</em> was the result.

The name BEASTIE is actually an acronym: Boys Entering Anarchistic States Toward Internal Excellence.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/beastie-boys-first-show/detail-1195</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:12:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[171a studios (former) : beastie boys, bad brains]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-bad-brains/171a-studios-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In September of 1980, Jerry Williams opened up 171-A Studio.  A former glass shop, Williams put in a stage and a sound booth and threw after hours parties with bands (like The Cooties).  The NYFD closed it down before a New Year's party, so it was converted to a rehearsal space.  

The space had 15' ceilings and was 60' long, so the dimensions were similar to CBGB's.  Bad Brains recorded their original ROIR tape at this location in 1981.  

In 1982, the Beastie Boys recorded the <em>Polly Wog Stew EP</em> here with producer Scott Jarvis (later released on <em>Some Old Bulllshit</em>).  Utilizing a four-track and an Echo-plex, they were kicked out of the studio after two days so they mixed it in Jarvis's apartment.

The original line-up was Kate Schellenbach on drums (later in Luscious Jackson), Adam Yauch on bass, John Berry on guitar, and Mike D vocals.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-bad-brains/171a-studios-former/detail-1194</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:59:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stratolaunch systems : space travel, new space]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-new-space/stratolaunch-systems</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded by the same team that won the Ansari X Prize in 2004, Microsoft gazillionaire Paul G. Allen and Scaled Composites founder Burt Rutan started Stratolauch Systems in 2011.  

The purpose of Stratolaunch is to create an air launch-to-orbit vehicle for commercial space travel.  The company is a joint venture between Scaled Composites (who is creating the carrier aircraft), <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-new-space-spacex/space-exploration-technologies">SpaceX</a> (who is creating the multi-stage launch vehicle, and Dynetics (designing the mating and integration system).  Test flight for the aircraft is set for 2015, and test launch of the rocket (a SpaceX Falcon-9) is set for 2016.

Stratolauch Systems, headquartered in Huntsville, AL, does test flights out of the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-spaceport-new-space/mojave-air-and-spaceport">Mojave Air and Spaceport</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-new-space/stratolaunch-systems/detail-1193</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:19:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[space exploration technologies : space travel, new space, spacex]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-new-space-spacex/space-exploration-technologies</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded with $100 million by PayPal and Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk, Space Exploration Technologies (more commonly "SpaceX") has grown from its initial investment size in 2002 to become a company with nearly 1,700 employees and an estimated market value of $1.3 billion dollars (an IPO is possible at the end of 2013).

SpaceX became the first private company to successfully launch and return a spacecraft from orbit on December 8 2010, after its Dragon capsule returned from a two-orbit flight.

SpaceX has been specializing in rocket design and manufacture (the "Falcon" series) and capsule design and manufacture (the "Dragon" series).  The company will have the first commercial resupply spaceflight to the International Space Station on May 19, 2012.

The company has <a href="http://www.spacex.com/launch_manifest.php" target="_blank" target="_blank">a launch manifest on their website</a> that gives a hint to the commercial viability to this industry.  The US Air Force and NASA are already negotiating contracts with SpaceX.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-new-space-spacex/space-exploration-technologies/detail-1190</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 04:31:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mojave air and spaceport : space travel, spaceport, new space]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-spaceport-new-space/mojave-air-and-spaceport</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened as a small airfield serving the gold and silver mining industry in 1935, the <a href="http://mojaveairport.com/" target="_blank">Mojave Air and Spaceport</a> (also known as the Civilian Aerospace Test Center) is one of the leading test facilities for the new commercial space flight industry (or "New Space" movement).

Mojave was the first facility to be licensed in the US for horizontal launches of reusable spacecraft, being certified as a <em>spaceport</em> by the FAA on June 17, 2004.

<a href="http://www.scaled.com/" target="_blank">Scaled Composites</a> has their headquarters here.  Their spacecraft, SpaceShipOne, won the Ansari X Prize (a $10 million prize) by conducting the first privately funded human sub-orbital flight on June 21, 2004.

Not all companies at Mojave are subsidiaries of massive aerospace companies.  <a href="http://masten-space.com/" target="_blank">Masten Space Systems</a> is startup company with 12 employees that specializes in vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) spacecraft.

Other private spaceflight companies based at Mojave include XCOR Aerospace, Firestar Technologies, and Orbital Sciences Corporation.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-spaceport-new-space/mojave-air-and-spaceport/detail-1188</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 03:55:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[def jam records : beastie boys, rick rubin, run-dmc]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-rick-rubin-run-dmc/def-jam-records</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Rubin and Simmons signed a distribution deal with CBS in late 1985, they bought this building for Def Jam Recordings (and Rush Management).  This was their first real location for Def Jam Records outside of <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/rick-rubin-def-jam-records-ll-cool-j-beastie-boys/rick-rubins-dorm-room">Rick Rubin's dorm room</a> at Weinstein Hall on the campus of New York University.

In 1987, the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC had a photo shoot on the roof of the Elizabeth St. building to promote their up-coming <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=QoH01Nwrbtg" target="_blank">"Together Forever"</a> tour.  The tour featured the two largest hip hop acts at the time, and was one of the few tours that featured black and white artists of equal stature.

The building's address was listed as the Fan Club in the <em>Licensed to Ill</em> liner notes.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-rick-rubin-run-dmc/def-jam-records/detail-1162</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 05:49:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[g-son studios : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/g-son-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1991 to 1992, the Beastie Boys recorded <em>Check Your Head</em> at G-Son Studios in the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles.  With Mario Caldato, Jr. as co-producer, the album marked the Beasties return to instrumentation.  This progression is illustrated with the cover shot of the album (by Glen E. Friedman) that shows the Beastie Boys sitting on the curb with their instrument cases.

The location became the Los Angeles headquarters for Grand Royal Records, the Beastie Boys' subsidiary of Capitol records.

In 2006, the location was put up <a href="http://atwater-village.blogspot.com/2006/04/beastie-boys-peed-here.html" target="_blank">for sale on craigslist.</a>

<em>Glendale Boulevard Boulevard
Glendale Boulevard Is Where I'm At</em>-
"Do It", <em>Ill Communication</em>, Beastie Boys]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/g-son-studios/detail-1160</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 05:03:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gro&amp;szlig;er windkanal : aeon flux, hanna]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/aeon-flux-hanna/grosser-windkanal</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Berlin's Gro&szlig;er Windkanal (or large wind tunnel) was built in the early 1930s as an aerodynamic testing facility for German aircraft. It's located on Humboldt University's campus at Adlershof along with four other buildings that were used to test aircraft in an area they now call Aerodynamischer Park.

The Windkanal was used as a backdrop in both <em>Aeon Flux</em> from 2005 and <em>Hanna</em> from 2011. In <em>Hanna</em>, this is the building she escapes from when she is first captured. I have no idea what it was used for in <em>Aeon Flux</em> (never saw it), but it's featured prominently on one version of the movie poster.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/aeon-flux-hanna/grosser-windkanal/detail-1159</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 03:40:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cafe sosa borello : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/cafe-sosa-borello</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exterior of the Midtown West talian-Argentinean cafe, Sosa Borella, is used in the Beastie Boys video <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5aht2_ch-check-it-out_music" target="_blank">"Ch-Check It Out"</a> off their 2004 release <em>To The 5 Boroughs</em>.  

In this portion of the video, some snooty cafe-goers attack the Beastie Boys with a baguette and a fight ensues.  

Also in the video, a fight occurs at the doctor's office, on the street between the Beastie Boys dressed as Star Trek ensigns, and on an airboat as the crew is dressed in 70's era <em>Wild Kingdom</em> outfits with a swamp blue-screen background.  I didn't say it makes sense...

Cafe Sosa Borello currently has a 96% approval rating on <a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/3/39892/restaurant/Midtown-West/Sosa-Borella-New-York" target="_blank">UrbanSpoon</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/cafe-sosa-borello/detail-1158</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 03:24:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[a7 annex (former) : beastie boys, reagan youth]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-reagan-youth/a7-annex-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The music venue/bar known as A7 Annex was located at the corner of 2nd Ave and 1st St (near Houston) in the Lower East Side.  It was another fixture of the NY hardcore scene in the early 80's, when several hardcore bands played at this location- the Beastie Boys, Reagan Youth, The Mob, Kraut, Meatmen, and more.  The building no longer exists.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-reagan-youth/a7-annex-former/detail-1157</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 01:04:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[a7 (former) : beastie boys, agnostic front, murphy&#039;s law]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-agnostic-front-murphys-law/a7-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A7 was the unofficial headquarters for the New York hardcore scene from 1981 to 1984.  Located at the corner of Avenue A and E. 7th St in the East Village, A7 lacked a liquor license and was constantly raided by the police.  The club was staffed by members of the NY hardcore scene, including Raybeez of Agnostic Front and Warzone, and Jimmy Gestapo of Murphy's Law.

The Beastie Boys got their start here, back when they were a hardcore punk band.  Other bands that frequented the location include The Violators, Minor Threat, SS Decontrol, The Eliminators, Power Trip, False Prophets and more. 

<em>We're giving y'all a lil slice of heaven
B Boys bringing it back to A7</em>-
Lee Majors Come Again, <em>Hot Sauce Committee Part Two</em>, Beastie Boys]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-agnostic-front-murphys-law/a7-former/detail-1139</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:30:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[edward r. murrow high school : mca, beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/mca-beastie-boys/edward-r-murrow-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Beastie Boy MCA (Adam Yauch) went to high school at Edward R. Murrow High School in the Midwood neighborhood in Brooklyn.  While in high school, Yauch taught himself to play bass and became involved in the punk scene of New York.  

MCA formed a hardcore punk band named the Beastie Boys with John Berry (guitar), Kate Schellenbach (later with Luscious Jackson), and Mike D.  They played their first show on MCA's 17th birthday- August 5, 1981.

<em>Used to ride the D to beat the morning bell
At Edward R. Morrow out on Ave L</em>- 
"3 The Hard Way," <em>To The 5 Boroughs</em>, Beastie Boys]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/mca-beastie-boys/edward-r-murrow-high-school/detail-1137</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 20:46:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[oceanview motel : sublime]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/sublime/oceanview-motel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[SoCal ska punk band Sublime was on a five-day tour in Northern California when guitarist / lead singer Bradley Nowell od'd on heroin and died here at the Oceanview Motel in San Francisco on May 25, 1996. He was 28 years old. Their hit major label debut album <em>Sublime</em> (renamed from <em>Killin' It</em> after his death) was released posthumously. Nowell had been battling heroin addiction for many years. He was survived by Eric Wilson (bass) Bud Gaugh (drums) and Lou Dog.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/sublime/oceanview-motel/detail-1126</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 01:17:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rick rubin&#039;s dorm room : rick rubin, def jam records, ll cool j, beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rick-rubin-def-jam-records-ll-cool-j-beastie-boys/rick-rubins-dorm-room</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1981, a long-haired philosophy major named Frederick Jay Rubin enrolled at NYU.  Rick had started making recordings under the moniker Def Jam Records while in high school at Lido Beach, NY.  He continued to produce recordings while in his dorm room (#802) on the eighth floor of Weinstein Hall.

In 1983, Rubin had befriended Zulu Nation's Jazzy Jay, who taught Rubin about hip hop production.  Later that year, the Beastie Boys had an unexpected hit with their pseudo-hip hop song <a target="_blank">"Cooky Puss"</a> off their <em>Pollywog Stew</em> EP.  They hired Rubin to DJ for them as they made the transition from a hardcore punk band to a hip hop act.

Def Jam Records put out their first hip hop track, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWkiIb6G9_8" target="_blank">"It's Yours" by T La Rock</a>, in 1983.  The single was produced by Rubin and Jazzy Jay and distributed by Streetwise Records.  Rubin was introduced to promoter/manager Russell Simmons by Jazzy Jay, and Jazzy was edged out of Def Jam shortly after.

In 1984, Def Jam put out the debut single by Queens rapper LL Cool J <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVkaN--0ld0" target="_blank">called "I Need a Beat."</a>  The song was written by James Todd Smith (LL Cool J), Adam Horovitz (King Ad-Rock), and Rick Rubin.

Along with the Beastie Boys <em>Rock Hard</em> EP, "I Need a Beat" features the earliest logo artwork and catalog numbers for Def Jam Recordings. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ilZshY6uUo" target="_blank">Rock Hard</a> is the first rap attempt by the Beastie Boys, but is not available in the US because it features an unlicensed sample from AC/DC.  The song is essentially a prototype of the hard-rock/hip hop fusion that would make <em>Licensed to Ill</em> enormously successful.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rick-rubin-def-jam-records-ll-cool-j-beastie-boys/rick-rubins-dorm-room/detail-1101</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 21:11:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[edgar allan poe birthplace : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/edgar-allan-poe-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Born on January 19, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was the son of David and Elizabeth (Eliza) Poe, actors at the Boston Theatre.  Poe's father left early on, and his mother died before he reached the age of three.  Edgar was raised as a foster child by the Allan family of Richmond, VA from that point on.

At the time of his birth, this building's address was #62 Carver St.  However, there have been a number of street moves and renames since 1809.

In 1924, the Boston Authors' Club put a memorial tablet to Edgar Allan Poe on a building at the corner of Fayette St. and Poe Sq.  However, this was an incorrect placement.  According to later property records research by the Bostonian Society, the Poes lived at 62 Carver St. when Edgar Allan was born.  

The building survives today, and is near the intersection of Charles St. South and Stuart St. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/edgar-allan-poe-birthplace/detail-1099</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 11:09:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the broadway journal : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/the-broadway-journal</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded by Charles Frederick Briggs and John Bisco in 1844, <em>The Broadway Journal</em> was a short-lived magazine that specialized in literature and literary review, criticism of art, theater, and music as well as poetry and articles on politics.

Riding the wave of success that "The Raven" generated, Edgar Allan Poe signed a year-long contract as editor on February 21, 1845.  Poe wrote a number of short stories for the Journal, including including "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Oval Portrait."  He also wrote a number of literary criticism pieces, and continued to publicly accuse Henry Wadsworth Longfellow of plagiarism.

Despite his efforts, <em>The Broadway Journal</em> officially ended with a final issue dated January 3, 1846.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/the-broadway-journal/detail-1098</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 04:55:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the new york evening mirror (former) : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/the-new-york-evening-mirror-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This address was the former location of <em>The Evening Mirror</em> and <em>The Weekly Mirror</em>- George Pope Morris and Nathaniel Parker Willis, editors &amp; publishers.

Edgar Allan Poe worked here from October, 1844, to February, 1845.  Willis was a well-paid ($1,500 a year) and popular writer, but he recognized talent in Poe.  

On January 29, 1845, Willis published "The Raven" in the <em>Evening Mirror</em>.  Poe had recently left the <em>Mirror</em> to join Charles Briggs as co-editor at <em>The Broadway Journal</em>.  The poem became an immediate success, and Poe's fee had dramatically increased to $50 a poem.

Of the poem's success, Poe wrote a friend:

<em>&lsquo;The Raven&rsquo; has had a great &lsquo;run,&rsquo; Thomas&mdash;but I wrote it for the express purpose of running&mdash;just as I did the &lsquo;Gold-Bug,&rsquo; you know. The bird beat the bug, though, all hollow.</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/the-new-york-evening-mirror-former/detail-1097</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 04:13:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the sun newspaper (former) : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/the-sun-newspaper-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>The Sun</em> was a New York broadsheet newspaper that was published from 1833 until 1950.  

Later in its life, <em>The Sun</em> became a reputable paper.  It was considered the most conservative voice of the big three NYC papers- <em>The New York Times</em> and the<em> New York Herald Tribune</em> being the others.

In its earlier years, while it was headquartered at this address, <em>The Sun</em> would occasionally fabricate hoaxes to draw readership.  One such successful hoax was the <em>Great Moon Hoax</em> of August, 1835, which was a series of six articles that told fantastic stories of forests and oceans on the moon, inhabited by bison, goats, unicorns, bipedal tail-less beavers and bat-like winged humanoids ("Vespertilio-homo").

Edgar Allan Poe had written a story two months prior (in June of 1835) called <em>The Unparalleled Adventure Of One Hans Pfaall</em> for the <em>Southern Literary Messenger</em>, where an adventurer takes a balloon to the moon and encounters many similarities.  Poe complained that the <em>Great Moon Hoax</em> was at least partially plagiarized from his story (which is considered one of the earliest examples of science-ficton).

Poe would have his own successful hoax for <em>The Sun</em> in 1844: "The Balloon-Hoax."  Poe's fictional (yet factual-sounding) article disclosed that famous European balloonist Monck Mason had crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 75 hours.  The details of the article included a diagram and specifications of the craft.  The newspaper was swarmed with people to get copies of the paper, and even though the story was retracted two days later, readership had massively increased.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/the-sun-newspaper-former/detail-1096</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 03:45:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the first photograph : photography, joseph nicephore niepce]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/photography-joseph-nicephore-niepce/the-first-photograph</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Displayed in the Harry Ransom Center, at the University of Texas in Austin, is the first photograph.
  
Taken by Joseph Nic&eacute;phore Ni&eacute;pce (French, 1765&ndash;1833) in 1826 or 1827, the photograph is entitled <em>View from the Window at Le Gras</em>, and it depicts the courtyard, trees and buildings of Ni&eacute;pce&rsquo;s estate.

Ni&eacute;pce had been experimenting with a way to combine a method of printmaking using light and chemistry.  At the same time, he wanted to use a <em>camera obscura</em> to capture direct views of nature.

From <a href="http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/" target="_blank">the Henry Ransom</a> brochure:

<em>After experimenting with paper, glass, and stone supports for various resins that hardened when exposed to light, Ni&eacute;pce began to use pewter plates in 1826. Sometime during that year or the next he coated his pewter plate with bitumen of Judea (an asphalt derivative of petroleum) and loaded it into a camera obscura looking out the window of his second-story workroom....</em>

He called his invention "heliography," or sun-drawing...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/photography-joseph-nicephore-niepce/the-first-photograph/detail-1095</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:04:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gowan&#039;s antiquarian bookstore : edgar allan poe, herman melville]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe-herman-melville/gowans-antiquarian-bookstore</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This address if the former location of Gowan's Antiquarian Bookstore, a store dealing in "Historical Americana".  The proprietor was William Gowan, and the shop would often be visited by writers living in the area.  Edgar Allan Poe was known to shop here while he was living at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/ea-poes-former-nyc-boarding-house">a boarding house in the neighborhood</a>.

Herman Melville probably exchanged greetings with Poe here; they were acquainted through a mutual editor.  Melville once purchased a copy of Robert Burton&rsquo;s <em>Anatomy of Melancholy</em> here that his father had once owned.

He stated: <em>"I bought this book more than four years ago at Gowen&rsquo;s Store in New York. Today, Allan in looking at it, first detected the above pencil signature [A. Melvill] of my father&rsquo;s; who, &ndash; as it now appears &ndash; must have had the book, with many others, sold at auction, at least twenty-five years ago. &ndash; Strange!"</em>

Gowans, a Scotland-born American, might well be considered America's earliest complete bookman- he not only sold books to walk-in customers but issued at least one catalog a year between 1842 and 1870.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe-herman-melville/gowans-antiquarian-bookstore/detail-1093</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 07:45:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[burj khalifa : mission: impossible - ghost protocol]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol/burj-khalifa</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Tom Cruise did his own stunts for <em>Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol</em>, swinging around outside across the windows of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai a.k.a the world's tallest building. I guess it's possible director Brad Bird, whose previous films (<em>Ratatouille</em>, <em>The Incredibles</em>, <em>The Iron Giant</em>) were all animated, had never heard of a green screen.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol/burj-khalifa/detail-1092</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 03:14:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[spaceport america : space travel, spaceport, virgin galactic]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-spaceport-virgin-galactic/spaceport-america</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located about 30 miles east of the town of Truth or Consequences (great name) lies the "world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport"- Spaceport America (formerly known as the Southwest Regional Spaceport).

Yep, I used the word "spaceport".  That's fun.

The spaceport was first purposed by a Stanford professor in 1990, and there were a number of politicians that secured funding and encouraged participation by outside commercial interests to solidify the prospects of this ambitious project (this was back when public servants still took pride in completing tasks).  

The X Prize Cup was held here in 2003.  In 2006, Virgin Galactic announced they would make their headquarters in New Mexico, and the spaceport's name was changed to Spaceport America (f**k yeah!).

While Virgin Galactic is the anchor tenant for the spaceport, the plan is for multiple space travel groups to use the facility.  Current other tenants include the Rocket Racing League and Microgravity Enterprises, Inc.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/space-travel-spaceport-virgin-galactic/spaceport-america/detail-1091</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:52:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[e.a. poe&#039;s former nyc boarding house : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/ea-poes-former-nyc-boarding-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On April 6, 1844, Edgar Allan Poe arrived in New York City with his wife, Virginia, who was suffering from tuberculosis.  Poe had left a successful post as the editor of the magazine <em>Graham&rsquo;s Magazine</em> in Philadelphia, and was in New York City without a residence or income.  His goal was to escape periodicals of "a nambypamby character" and establish his own magazine.

The family settled in a boarding house at the corner of Cedar and Greenwich Streets.  Of the location, Poe said:

<em>"The house is old and looks buggy. . . The landlady a nice, chatty old soul&mdash;gave us the back room on the third floor&mdash;night &amp; day attendance&mdash;for 7$&mdash;the cheapest board I ever knew, taking into the consideration the central situation and the living...</em>

Today, the corner is home to O'Hara's Restaurant and Pub.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/ea-poes-former-nyc-boarding-house/detail-1090</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:06:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[edgar allan poe cottage : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/edgar-allan-poe-cottage</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Poe family- Edgar Allan, wife Virginia, and mother-in-law Maria Clemm- moved into this simple, unassuming cabin in May of 1846.  At that time, Fordham was a rural community and the cabin was situated on two acres of vacant land.

Judging by the correspondence that Poe sent, the family thoroughly enjoyed the small cabin.  Poe became drinking and gambling buddies with the faculty of nearby St. John's College (now Fordham University).  Poe wrote his poems "Annabel Lee" and "Ulalume" here, and the story "Landor's Cottage" was undoubtedly shaped by his time there.

Virginia Poe suffered from tuberculosis, and died in the cottage on January 30, 1847.  Maria Clemm moved out of the cabin after Edgar died in Baltimore in 1849.

The cottage was sold at auction in 1889 for $775 to William Fearing Gill, who became Poe's first American biographer.  

The cabin changed hands several times until the Poe Cottage was moved to Poe Park the corner of Kingsbridge Road and the Grand Concourse.  The cottage was placed on the NRHP on August 19, 1980.  <a href="http://www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org/poecottage.html" target="_blank">Tours are available</a> for the cottage.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/edgar-allan-poe-cottage/detail-1089</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:48:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[edgar allan poe house and museum : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/edgar-allan-poe-house-and-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Using the money from David Poe Sr's military pension (an American Revolutionary War veteran), widow Elizabeth Cairnes Poe, her daughter, Maria Clemm, and her granddaughter, Virginia Clemm, moved into this home in 1832.

A year later (1833), Edgar Allan Poe left West Point military academy and moved into the house with his grandmother, aunt, and cousin.  He was 23 years old.  Three years later, Poe married Virginia Clemm (she was 13 years old at the time).

Poe completed a number of short stories and poems at this location.  Today, the building is the home of the Edgar Allan Poe Society and a museum dedicated to the writer.

In 2011 (for the second year), the city of Baltimore decided not to fund the museum with its prior annual donation of $85,000.  Currently, the museum is in danger of folding by the summer of 2012 unless funding is secured.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/edgar-allan-poe-house-and-museum/detail-1088</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:14:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[edgar allan poe national historical site  : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/edgar-allan-poe-national-historical-site</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Between 1837 to 1844, Edgar Allan Poe lived in a number of homes in the Philadelphia area.  Today, this is the only home that remains.

Poe spent five years during that period living in Phillie, and it is considered his most prolific years as a writer, completing "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Gold-Bug".  

Poe moved into this address with his wife, Virginia, and his mother-in-law, Maria Clemm, in June of 1843.  Before they moved to New York in April 1844, it is thought that Poe completed the stories "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains", "The Balloon-Hoax", and "Eulalie" at this location.  Also, it is believed that he started his most famous work, "The Raven" while at this address.  This is rather hard to prove, but it helps to justify a raven sculpture outside the building (and a plaque making this assertion).

The home was purchased by Richard Gimbel (of the department store Gimbels).  A fan of the writer, he refurbished the home, made it into a museum, and left it to the National Park Service in his will (which took over facility operations in 1978).

Today, the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/edal/index.htm">Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site</a> is open to the public.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/edgar-allan-poe-national-historical-site/detail-1086</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:01:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the horse you came in on saloon : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/the-horse-you-came-in-on-saloon</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Everybody likes a good story, and this Fells Point institution has a number of them.

The oldest continually operating saloon in the United States (since 1775), the bar has changed names many times, but is now a live music venue known as The Horse You Came In On Saloon.

Local legend says that Edgar Allan Poe used to enjoy imbibing at this location, and that he was potentially knocking them down here the day he was found incoherent on the street before he died- October 3, 1849.  

Although this story is completely unverified, so are equally fun ghost stories from the bar's employees.  Apparently, a ghost nicknamed "Edgar" continually swings the chandelier, opens cash register doors, pulls out stools, and knocks over beer bottles.  Maybe the ghost is drunk too... 
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/the-horse-you-came-in-on-saloon/detail-1085</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:20:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[e.a. poe&#039;s dorm room : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/ea-poes-dorm-room</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From February to December 1826, Edgar Allan Poe lived in this dorm room (#13) on the West Range of the University of Virginia.  Poe was 17 years old, had a penchant for drinking, and had to drop out of school due to lack of funds. 

In 1920, the room was restored to its 1826 look (complete with Poe's bed from his days of living with his adoptive family, the Allans).  Today, the room is maintained by the <a href="https://hoosonline.virginia.edu/site/c.qkI2KgMUIrF/b.3835599/k.BFFE/Home.htm?kntaw32201=216C7FD1009640A4992FA108386AC2D1" target="_blank">Raven Society</a> of the University of Virginia.  The room's interior can be viewed from the exterior through a large glass window.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/ea-poes-dorm-room/detail-1084</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:01:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gunner&#039;s hall : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/gunners-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On September 27, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe left Richmond, Virgina to travel to New York City.  He stopped in Philadelphia to stay with a friend, James P. Moss.  On September 30, Poe departed for New York, but it is unknown if he ever arrived there.  

The generally accepted story is that he must have taken the wrong train and ended up in Baltimore.  On October 3rd, a disoriented Poe was found drifting in and out of consciousness on the street outside Gunner's Hall, a public house on East Lombard St.

It was election day in Baltimore, and the public house was a polling place for Cornelius Ryan's 4th Ward Polls.  A man named Joseph Walker found Poe and was able to extract enough information from him to get the name of an acquaintance, Dr. Joseph Evans Snodgrass.  Walker sent the following note to Snodgrass:

<em>Dear Sir, &ndash; There is a gentleman, rather the worse for wear, at Ryan's 4th ward polls, who goes under the cognomen of Edgar A. Poe, and who appears in great distress, & he says he is acquainted with you, and I assure you, he is in need of immediate assistance, Yours, in haste, Jos. W. Walker</em>

Snodgrass arrived with Poe's uncle, Henry Herring.  Snodgrass commented that Poe's appearance was "repulsive" with unkempt hair, a haggard, unwashed face and "lusterless and vacant" eyes.  

Poe was usually a snappy dresser, but was wearing "a stained faded, old bombazine coat, pantaloons of a similar character, a pair of worn-out shoes run down at the heels, and an old straw hat."  The ill-fitting clothes led his attending physician to remark that they were not Poe's, as such attire was out of his character.

Believed to be drunk, he was sent to <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/edgar-allan-poe-died-here">Washington University Hospital</a> where he died (under mysterious circumstances) on October 7, 1849.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/gunners-hall/detail-1087</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:15:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[edgar allan poe&#039;s grave : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/edgar-allan-poes-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Poe's death in 1849, he was laid to rest in his family's plot in the Westminster Burying Grounds in Baltimore.  E.A. Poe was originally placed in Lot 27, next to his grandfather David Poe, Sr. (from Londonderry, Ireland) and his older brother, William Henry Leonard Poe.

The day he was buried, an obituary appeared in the <em>New York Tribune</em> that depicted Poe as a deranged drunk and a drug-addled misanthrope.  Signed by "Ludwig," the piece was actually written by one of Poe's chief literary rivals, Rufus Wilmot Griswold.  

Not only did Wilmot's piece get reprinted in several national publications, it was contained in Poe's posthumous writing anthologies (oddly, Griswold had weaseled his way into the position of Poe's literary executor).  

While many of Griswold's anonymous character assassinations have proven to be lies, forgeries, or half-truths- the damage had been done.  For years, Poe was (and in many ways, is still) depicted as a mad genius.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/edgar-allan-poes-grave/detail-1079</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:23:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the house of the devil : the house of the devil]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-house-of-the-devil/the-house-of-the-devil</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the house of the devil in Ti West's 1980s throwback horror movie <em>The House of the Devil</em>. The Victorian house is near Lime Rock Park. The weird goings-on at <a href="/locations/movies/the-innkeepers/the-yankee-pedlar-inn">the hotel</a> where Ti West and the crew stayed in nearby Torrington, Connecticut while shooting this film inspired his next movie <em>The Innkeepers</em> about a haunted hotel.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-house-of-the-devil/the-house-of-the-devil/detail-1078</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:54:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[edgar allan poe died here : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/edgar-allan-poe-died-here</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On October 3, 1849, a distraught, disheveled and semi-conscious Edgar Allan Poe was brought in a carriage to the Washington University Hospital of Baltimore (also called the Washington College Hospital; later known as Church Home or Church Hospital).  Four days later on October 7, 1849, Poe was dead at the age of 40.

The circumstances surrounding Poe's death are extremely mysterious.  Many theories exist to rationalize Poe's condition: hypoglycemia, depression, drug-induced hallucinations, and conspiratorial murder plots have all been proposed  as potential death knells by his biographers.

Poe's own attending physician in his final days, Dr. John J. Moran, proved to be more successful in capitalizing on those last moments of interaction with Poe than actually caring for him as a patient.  His accounts of Poe's condition and actions during those last days became more embellished as Moran hit the lecture circuit.  

In 1853, several attempts were made to burn down Washington University Hospital by residents of the neighborhood.  Apparently, they had grown tired of the hospital's reputation for digging up bodies from the cemetery down the street for dissection.  

<a href="http://www.eapoe.org/balt/poechh.htm#images" target="_blank">A hospital worker recalled</a>, "It was said there had been people kidnapped and taken in there which made Washington College a horror to the people in the city of Baltimore. After the sun went down you hardly ever saw a person anywhere near it."

Today, a new housing complex called Broadway Overlook has been built on the former grounds of the hospital.  According to <a href="http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/dome/0311/feature1.cfm" target="_blank">The Dome</a> (a John Hopkins Medicine periodical), the room where Poe died is currently occupied.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/edgar-allan-poe-died-here/detail-1077</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:45:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[starkville city jail : johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/starkville-city-jail</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On May 11, 1965, Johnny Cash was arrested in Starkville, Mississippi for what he described as "pickin' flowers."  The official charge was public drunkenness, and Johnny Cash spent the night in the Starkville City Jail (now known as Oktibbeha County Jail).  While in the jail cell, Cash kicked the wall so hard that he broke his toe.  He was fined $36 and released the next morning.

The NY Times recounted a near mythical experience <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/us/20land.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">of Smokey Evans that night</a>.  Smokey claims that when he was 15 and drunk, he was thrown in the same cell as Cash.  After Johnny broke his toe, he gave Smokey his black shoes and said: "Here&rsquo;s a souvenir. I&rsquo;m Johnny Cash."  Evans left the shoes to his nephew in his will.  

The experience was immortalized in the song "Starkville City Jail" which was recorded on the <em>At San Quentin</em> live album.  Johnny Cash was arrested in seven different cities, but only Starkville warranted its own song.

Since that fateful day, the town of Starkville has periodically held the <a href="http://pardonjohnnycash.com/" target="_blank">Pardon Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival</a> to celebrate the Man in Black's brush with the law for drunken horticulture.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/starkville-city-jail/detail-1076</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:44:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[comedy cellar : louie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/louie/comedy-cellar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Louis C.K. shot the stand-up interludes for his tv show <em>Louie</em> at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. If you want to eat like he does in the show's opening, you can stuff your face with a slice at Ben's Pizzeria around the corner on 3rd Street and MacDougal.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/louie/comedy-cellar/detail-1075</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:11:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[riverport amphitheater : guns n&#039; roses]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/guns-n-roses/riverport-amphitheater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion Tour was one of the longest rock tours ever lasting 28 months from the beginning of 1991 until mid-1993. An hour and a half into their July 2, 1991 show at the Riverport Amphitheater west of St. Louis, Axl Rose repeatedly told security to confiscate the camera of someone in the front. When they didn't he dived into the crowd and then threw down the mic when he returned to the stage, ending the show and kicking off a riot in the new venue that had only been open for less than one month. 

It wasn't until after GNR returned from the Europe leg of their tour the following year that Axl was arrested on assault and property damage charges. A second riot took place in 1992 after a show in Montreal when the band was on tour with Metallica and Faith No More.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkec02UjybE" target="_blank">Watch footage of the St. Louis incident here.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/guns-n-roses/riverport-amphitheater/detail-1074</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:30:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stax museum : otis redding, sam &amp;amp; dave, booker t. and the mgs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/otis-redding-sam-dave-booker-t-and-the-mgs/stax-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1957, Satellite Records was formed by Jim Stewart in his wife's uncle's garage in North Memphis, TN.  By 1961, Stewart's sister had mortgaged her house to pay for recording equipment, and the name had changed to Stax Records.  

The studio moved into the abandoned Capitol Theater on McLemore Ave, and a group of neighborhood kids began playing on records regularly, becoming Booker T. and the MGs (the house band at Stax for 8 years).  In 1962, the same year they came out with "Green Onions," Otis Redding had joined Stax Records.

In 1965, Sam &amp; Dave joined Stax and with the help of song-writer Isaac Hayes (theme from <em>Shaft</em>, <em>South Park's</em> Chef) put out a string of hits including "I Take What I Want," "Soul Man," and "Hold On, I'm Coming."

In 1967, tragedy struck the Stax family when Otis Redding and the Bar-Kays <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/otis-redding-frank-lloyd-wright/monona-terrace">crashed into Lake Monona, WI.</a>

Today, the Stax Museum is open to the public, supporting a number of music programs in the Memphis area.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/otis-redding-sam-dave-booker-t-and-the-mgs/stax-museum/detail-1073</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:17:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cc club : the replacements]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements/cc-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A beloved stalwart dive bar in the increasingly yuppified Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, the CC Club was the inspiration for The Replacements song "Here Comes a Regular" off their 1985 album <em>Tim</em>.  

The Replacements, H&uuml;sker D&uuml;, Soul Asylum (and pretty much every other Twin Cities band) used to hang out here regularly- the record store <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/minneapolis-hardcore/oar-folkjokeopus-former">Oar Folkjokeopus</a>, which is now Treehouse Records, is across the street.  

It's a good place to go when you've worked up "a mean, mean thirst after a hard day of nothin' much at all."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements/cc-club/detail-1072</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:23:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[smart studios : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/smart-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the former location of Butch Vig's studio in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1990, Nirvana (Cobain, Novoselic and early drummer Chad Channing) recorded here what was intended to be a follow-up to <em>Bleach</em> for Sub Pop Records. "Polly" was the only song recorded at Smart Studios to make it onto what would become <em>Nevermind</em>. Butch Vig would end up producing that album for them when the band signed to DGC Records, but it was recorded in California. 

The studio, which Vig co-founded in 1983 along with future Garbage guitarist Steve Marker, closed in May 2010. Other bands who had recorded/mixed there include Smashing Pumpkins, Archers of Loaf and of course Garbage.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/smart-studios/detail-1071</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:19:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the stinson house : the replacements]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements/the-stinson-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bob Stinson used to live at this house in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis with his younger brother, Tommy.  Around 1978, Bob bought Tommy a bass guitar to help keep him out of trouble, and the two started to practice with drummer Chris Mars.

Paul Westerberg was a janitor at a senator's office downtown, and he would walk by the house daily and hear them practicing.  After auditioning a number of other singers, Westerberg was hired as lead vocals/second guitarist in 1979.

The group was initially called Dogbreath.  They played one drunken show as The Impediments, and the promoter of the show threatened to have them banned from every venue in town.  So they changed their name to The Replacements...

The cover of The Replacment's <em>Let It Be</em> was shot at this location. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements/the-stinson-house/detail-1070</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:05:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sons of norway : the replacements]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements/sons-of-norway</link>
				<description><![CDATA[According to Minneapolis musician and City Pages writer Jim Walsh, the Replacements played a high school dance at this building back in the day.  He is fairly certain that the line "we are the sons of no one" from "Bastards of Young" comes from that experience.  Also according to Walsh, the 'Mats refused to help carry other band's equipment.


The Sons of Norway is a Norwegian fraternal benefit society that now houses a Wells Fargo branch.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements/sons-of-norway/detail-1069</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:40:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the crane house : stephen crane]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/stephen-crane/the-crane-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The American writer Stephen Crane (1871-1900), author of <em>The Red Badge of Courage</em> and numerous short stories, lived in this modest home with his thirteen siblings as a youth.

Although Crane lived to be only 28 years old, he was a prolific essayist, poet, short story writer, novelist, and war correspondent.  After he died in Germany in 1900, Crane was buried in Hillside, NJ.

Today, the Stephen Crane House is a cultural hub for Asbury Park, hosting readings, film screenings, theatrical performances, and more.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/stephen-crane/the-crane-house/detail-1067</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:05:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the stone pony : bruce springsteen, jon bon jovi]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen-jon-bon-jovi/the-stone-pony</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Stone Pony, located in the Jersey seaside town of Asbury Park, is one of the most recognized small venues in the world.  Many artists have honed their skills here, including Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen.  

The Boss has played here nearly 90 times, but except for the occasional children's school fund-raiser, he usually just sits in with another band.  Despite public perception to the contrary, Springsteen already had two albums completed when The Stone Pony opened in 1974.

Professional wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow used to work as a bouncer at the Stone Pony before he toured the wrestling circuit.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen-jon-bon-jovi/the-stone-pony/detail-1066</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:43:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fine line music cafe : the pixies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pixies/fine-line-music-cafe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In January of 1993, Frank Black disbanded The Pixies, notifying guitarist Joey Santiago via a phone call, while sending a fax to bassist Kim Deal and drummer David Lovering.  At the time, The Pixies had enjoyed only moderate success in the US, while have a much larger following in Europe.

Since then, The Pixies have arguably become one of the most influential bands in the indie rock genre.

On April 13, 2004, after eleven years of hiatus, The Pixies played their first reunion show at the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis, MN.  The successful show was the beginning of a series of shows that led to a national and international tour.

During this show, denizens of the city who couldn't get tickets to the sold-out show hung out in the alley to listen it.  It was pretty cool.

The build-up to the reunion show and the subsequent tour is the subject of the 2006 documentary <em>loudQUIETloud: A Film About The Pixies</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pixies/fine-line-music-cafe/detail-1065</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:25:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the johnson inn : beautiful girls]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/beautiful-girls/the-johnson-inn</link>
				<description><![CDATA[If Hollywood stopped making movies about high school reunions and the big city guy returning to his small hometown, I don't think anyone would care. Stillwater, Minnesota was turned into Knights Ridge, Massachusetts, the fictional small hometown in <em>Beautiful Girls</em>. Tommy (Matt Dillon), Paul (Michael Rapaport) and two other guys whose faces (but not their names) you would recognize have never left this fictional small town and drink frequently at The Johnson Inn. 

The Marine General Store on the St. Croix north of Stillwater was used as the exterior of their favorite bar. The interior scenes were shot at Winfield Potters, a former restaurant in St. Anthony Main in Minneapolis. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/beautiful-girls/the-johnson-inn/detail-1063</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:35:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[energy park studios : mst3k:the movie, a simple plan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/mst3kthe-movie-a-simple-plan/energy-park-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the scenic industrial Energy Park area of St. Paul, Energy Park Studios was a filming studio that saw a number of films created within its walls: <em>Drop Dead Gorgeous</em> (1999), <em>Jingle All the Way</em> (1996), <em>A Simple Plan</em> (1998), <em>Grumpier Old Men</em> (1995), <em>Little Big League</em> (1994) and more.

In 1996, locally-produced cult TV series <em>Mystery Science Theater 3000</em> shot their theatrical release at Energy Park studios.

The number of 90's films shot in the area was partially due to concerted efforts made by then Gov. Jesse "The Mind" Ventura (former professional wrestler/Navy Seal/star of the film <em>Predator</em>) to attract the film industry to work in the state.  

Energy Park Studios is currently closed and the building has been converted to the Hmong College Prep Academy.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/mst3kthe-movie-a-simple-plan/energy-park-studios/detail-1062</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:00:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bryant-lake bowl : beautiful girls]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/beautiful-girls/bryant-lake-bowl</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Most of the 1996 comedy (at least I think it was supposed to be a comedy) <em>Beautiful Girls</em> was filmed in Stillwater, Minnesota a.k.a. the fictional town of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts. Stillwater is about thirty miles east of Minneapolis on the St. Croix River, but early in the movie Paul (Michael Rapaport) proposes to his girlfriend while she is working at Minneapolis's bowling alley / restaurant Bryant Lake Bowl... she tells him no.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/beautiful-girls/bryant-lake-bowl/detail-1061</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:12:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[monona terrace : otis redding, frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/otis-redding-frank-lloyd-wright/monona-terrace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Overlooking Lake Monona in Madison, WI is the Monona Terrace.  Originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (a Wisconsin native), it was rejected by a single vote in 1938.  Wright continued to alter and refine his plan for the terrace until he died in 1959.

Plans for the terrace were resurrected in 1990, and the project was completed in 1997.

On top of the terrace is a memorial to the soul singer Otis Redding.  On December 10, 1967, Redding was flying to Madison with his Stax Records backing group, the Bar-Kays, when their plane crashed into the icy waters of Lake Monona.  Except for one member of the Bar-Kays, everyone aboard the plane died.

The crash came three days after Redding had recorded "Sitting On the Dock of the Bay," which would become his first #1 hit song.  He was 26 years old.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/otis-redding-frank-lloyd-wright/monona-terrace/detail-1060</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:10:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jim&amp;rsquo;s coffee shop &amp;amp; bakery : untamed heart]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/untamed-heart/jims-coffee-shop-bakery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I attempted to watch <em>Untamed Heart</em> recently because it was filmed in Minneapolis, but I only lasted about forty minutes. Christian Slater plays someone who is possibly autistic (didn't watch long enough to find out if they explained him at all) who works at a diner and falls in love with his coworker Marisa Tomei. The diner, Jim&rsquo;s Coffee Shop & Bakery, used to be located on Central in northeast Minneapolis near downtown. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/untamed-heart/jims-coffee-shop-bakery/detail-1059</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:37:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[muscle shoals sound studio (original) : the rolling stones, bob dylan, the black keys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-rolling-stones-bob-dylan-the-black-keys/muscle-shoals-sound-studio-original</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1969, a group of four musicians known as "The Swampers" left nearby FAME Recording Studios to form their own studio.  The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio created a number of legendary hits, and The Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section (The Swampers changed their name) was the first rhythm section to own their own studio and, eventually, their own publishing and production companies.

Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Bob Seger, Cat Stevens, and more have all recorded at the facility.  The Staple Singers recorded "I'll Take You There" at Muscle Shoals Sound.  Paul Simon heard the song, loved it, and got the rhythm section to record with him for "Kodachrome" and "Loves Me Like a Rock."

The Rolling Stones were here from December 2-4, 1969, when they recorded "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses."  According to legend, Keith Richards was doing coke in the bathroom while the engineers pleaded with him to get into the studio.  Richards responded that wild horses couldn't get him to come out.

Bob Dylan recorded "Gotta Serve Somebody" here in 1979, which won him a Grammy for Best Male Vocalist in 1980.

Although the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio has since moved to an updated facility on Alabama Ave in Sheffield, AL, the original building is occasionally used.  The Black Keys recorded their album <em>Brothers</em> here in 2009, which won a Grammy in 2011.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-rolling-stones-bob-dylan-the-black-keys/muscle-shoals-sound-studio-original/detail-1058</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:18:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[third man records : jack white]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jack-white/third-man-records</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jack White's record label Third Man Records (a nod to the Orson Welles film noir <em>The Third Man</em>) has its physical location in Nashville. The building, topped with a <a href="/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/wardenclyffe-laboratory">Tesla Tower</a>, serves as a record store, production office and recording studio. Some bands that have released albums on the record label, founded in 2001, include The White Stripes, The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jack-white/third-man-records/detail-1057</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 06:06:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rosie larsen&#039;s high school : the killing]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-killing/rosie-larsens-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Vancouver Technical Secondary School (a.k.a. Van Tech) in East Vancouver was the stand-in for Rosie Larsen's Seattle high school in the rainy crime drama <em>The Killing</em>. Other tv shows and movies filmed here include <em>Smallville</em>, <em>Scary Movie</em>, and the worst Philip K. Dick adaptation ever <em>Paycheck</em>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-killing/rosie-larsens-high-school/detail-1056</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 03:44:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mellark bakery : the hunger games]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-hunger-games/mellark-bakery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Mellark Bakery where Peeta works in Katniss's flashback in <em>The Hunger Games</em> is the old company store from the abandoned Henry River Mill Village near Hildebran, North Carolina. The village was the company town for the Henry River Manufacturing Company from 1904 until 1977 when the cotton mill burned down. The boarding house and the 35 worker houses in the rest of the village were used as Katniss's district 12 slum from the beginning of the movie. 

In April of 2012, the 83 year old property owner put the land up for sale for 1.4 million.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-hunger-games/mellark-bakery/detail-1055</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:21:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tom drexler&#039;s apartment : the killing]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-killing/tom-drexlers-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In <em>The Killing</em>, millionaire basketball enthusiast Tom Drexler has an apartment with a glass-bottom swimming pool as a ceiling. This (not his basketball room which was shot elsewhere) was filmed at one of the four "boutique luxury short term rental suites" at the Keefer, a renovated building in Vancouver's Chinatown where rich folk actually get to stay in such rooms.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-killing/tom-drexlers-apartment/detail-1054</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:59:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[richmond public market : the killing]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-killing/richmond-public-market</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Linden refers to this as "the downtown market," but it's the Richmond Public Market south of Vancouver where <em>The Killing</em> was filmed and not in Seattle where the show takes place. This is where Linden and Holder chase Muhammed in season 1 episode 9.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-killing/richmond-public-market/detail-1053</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:25:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[vancouver plaza skatepark  : the killing]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-killing/vancouver-plaza-skatepark</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although it's set in Seattle, most of <em>The Killing</em> was filmed in Vancouver. The Vancouver Plaza Skatepark makes a few appearances when Linden and Holder are tracking down Kris Echols. It's located under the Georgia Viaduct at the intersection of Union and Quebec Streets and Expo Boulevard.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-killing/vancouver-plaza-skatepark/detail-1052</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:08:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jesse &amp;amp; jane&#039;s duplex : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/jesse-janes-duplex</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jesse moves into this Albuquerque duplex next to Jane in season 2 of <em>Breaking Bad</em>. The building dates back to the '30s when it was a hospital and now it's currently student housing. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/jesse-janes-duplex/detail-1051</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:10:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the riggins house : friday night lights]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/friday-night-lights/the-riggins-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Home of Tim and Billy Riggins, also in Austin where most of <em>Friday Night Lights</em> was filmed.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/friday-night-lights/the-riggins-house/detail-1050</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:07:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[walter white&#039;s house : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/walter-whites-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Albuquerque home of Walt, Skyler and Walt, Jr. in AMC's <em>Breaking Bad</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/walter-whites-house/detail-1049</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:18:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[herrmann field : friday night lights]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/friday-night-lights/herrmann-field</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The pilot for <em>Friday Night Lights</em> was shot at Texas's Pflugerville High School, an active high school with an actual Panthers athletic program, but after that first episode, the show was filmed at the football field and field house at the old Del Valle High School near the Austin airport (so close that they rerouted flights so as not to interrupt filming). The nearby baseball field was converted into the football field for the East Dillon Lions starting in season four.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/friday-night-lights/herrmann-field/detail-1048</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:16:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[los pollos hermanos : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/los-pollos-hermanos</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Twisters is a fast food burrito/burger chain in New Mexico. The Albuquerque location on Isleta Blvd became Gus Fring's front for meth production Los Pollos Hermanos (translation: "The Chicken Brothers") for the show <em>Breaking Bad</em>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/los-pollos-hermanos/detail-1047</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:23:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[alamo freeze : friday night lights]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/friday-night-lights/alamo-freeze</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Unlike the Applebee's in <em>Friday Night Lights</em>, which was an Applebee's on the show, this Dairy Queen was turned into the Alamo Freeze where Matt Saracen and later Smash both worked. It's located in Austin which was the setting for much of fictional Dillon, Texas.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/friday-night-lights/alamo-freeze/detail-1046</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:20:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[octopus car wash : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/octopus-car-wash</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In addition to teaching high school chemistry, Walt's job prior to becoming a full-time meth dealer was at Albuquerque's A1A Car Wash (aka the Octopus Car Wash) in <em>Breaking Bad's</em> pilot episode.

Skyler and Walt buy the car wash to use as a money laundering service in season 4.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/octopus-car-wash/detail-1045</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:13:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[coach taylor&#039;s house : friday night lights]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/friday-night-lights/coach-taylors-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[First there was a book, then a movie, then the NBC tv show <em>Friday Night Lights</em> about the fictional Texas town Dillon and their high school football team the Dillon Panthers. This was coach Eric Taylor's house located in non-fictional Austin. It was for sale in 2011 but no longer, so any superfans looking to buy it are out of luck for now.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/friday-night-lights/coach-taylors-house/detail-1044</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:11:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[freehold high school : bruce springsteen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/freehold-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Boss transferred from <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/st-rose-of-lima-school">St. Rose of Lima School</a> to Freehold High School when he entered the ninth grade.

Springsteen graduated in 1967, but skipped his own graduation.  Old teachers described him as, "a loner, who wanted nothing more than to play his guitar."  

In 2006, he was inducted into the Freehold High School Hall of Fame.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/freehold-high-school/detail-1043</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:05:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[federici&#039;s pizza : bruce springsteen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/federicis-pizza</link>
				<description><![CDATA[One of The Boss's favorite spots in Freehold, NJ. After his 1996 appearance at St. Rose of Lima, they had a party here. The Boss also joined a some fans for a slice here on July 31, 2004, after they had been working on a home in Freehold for Habitat for Humanity.

Danny Federici's (1950-2008, former organ/glockenspiel/accordion player for the E Street Band) family owns and operates the Italian restaurant.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/federicis-pizza/detail-1042</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:45:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hank dolworth&#039;s house : terriers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/terriers/hank-dolworths-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This was PI Hank Dolworth's house in Ocean Beach, San Diego, after he bought it from his ex-wife, in FX's underrated crime drama <em>Terriers</em>. Too bad it didn't last more than one season, although the name and the poster that made it look like a reality show about dogs probably didn't do their ratings any favors.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/terriers/hank-dolworths-house/detail-1041</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:27:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hoxton street : the verve]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-verve/hoxton-street(falkirk-st-hoxton-st-london-england-n1-6sh-united-kingdom)</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The street that Richard Ashcroft walks down in the video for "Bittersweet Symphony" is Hoxton Street in London. If you want to recreate this, start lip-syncing next to the Golden Fried Chicken on the corner of Hoxton and Falkirk and head north, but refrain from bumping into people like an asshole.

The video was inspired by the 1991 video for "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack where Shara Nelson walks down <a href="/locations/music/massive-attack/west-pico-boulevard">a street in Los Angeles</a>, singing and ignoring her surroundings just like Richard Ashcroft did, but not being such a dick.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-verve/hoxton-street(falkirk-st-hoxton-st-london-england-n1-6sh-united-kingdom)/detail-1040</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:56:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[west pico boulevard : massive attack]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/massive-attack/west-pico-boulevard</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Massive Attack's 1991 video for "Unfinished Sympathy," Shara Nelson walks west on West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, starting at New Hampshire Avenue and rounding the corner onto Dewey. This video inspired the similar music video for the Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" filmed <a href="/locations/music/the-verve/hoxton-street">in London</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/massive-attack/west-pico-boulevard/detail-1037</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:39:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st. rose of lima school : bruce springsteen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/st-rose-of-lima-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From kindergarten to 8th grade, Bruce Springsteen attended school here (1954 to 1963).  Later, the Boss would recollect being at odds with the structure of Catholic school, but having it lead to a "very active spiritual life."  Traces of Irish-Catholic hymns can be heard in some of his work. 

The Boss came back to the school to play a benefit acoustic show in the gymnasium on Nov. 8, 1996, and only Freehold residents were allowed to purchase tickets.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/st-rose-of-lima-school/detail-1036</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:08:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bruce springsteen&#039;s second home : bruce springsteen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/bruce-springsteens-second-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Doug and Adele Springsteen moved Bruce and his sister, Ginny, here around 1955. The Springsteens lived on the left side of the duplex for about eight years. It was here that Springsteen saw Presley on <em>The Ed Sullivan Show</em> in 1956.  A week later, he rented his first guitar from Freehold Music Center on Main Street.

In 1984, Springsteen did a photo shoot here that included a shot of him leaning next to a tree. It appeared in the <em>Born in the U.S.A.</em> liner notes. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/bruce-springsteens-second-home/detail-1035</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:18:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bruce springsteen&#039;s first home : bruce springsteen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/bruce-springsteens-first-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This address is where Bruce Springsteen first lived until he was six years old. The house was torn down to make room for a parking lot for the St. Rose of Lima church.  

The Springsteen (surname is from Dutch, meaning "jump stone") family was Roman Catholic and attended the church next door- St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/bruce-springsteens-first-home/detail-1034</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:04:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[morrison apartments : the doors, jim morrison]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/morrison-apartments</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jim Morrison lived on the roof of this building in the summer of 1965.  He would eat meals at his friend's (Dennis Jacob) apartment, stare at the ocean while tripping on LSD, and slept outside on the roof.

The current owner of this building is obviously aware of the legacy, because the name of the building is the Morrison Apartments.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/morrison-apartments/detail-1032</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:58:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[glenbard north high school : the smashing pumpkins]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-smashing-pumpkins/glenbard-north-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Billy Corgan attended this school in the early to mid-1980's.  
Due to his size, Corgan excelled in sports as a child.  By the time he entered high school, he would no longer be excessively larger than his peers. His superiority in sports began to diminish.  It was at this time that he turned his focus to music.  
Though Corgan would remain a sports fan, he would hide the fact once he entered the alt-rock limelight.  He became open with his interest in sports after The Smashing Pumpkins breakup in 2000.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-smashing-pumpkins/glenbard-north-high-school/detail-1031</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:30:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[homestake mine : dark matter, neutrinos]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/dark-matter-neutrinos/homestake-mine</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At one time the largest and deepest gold mine in North America, the Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota is currently being used for scientific research.

In the late 60's, Raymond Davis, Jr. and John N. Bahcall conducted the Homestake experiment, where they deduced that neutrinos were one third the previous expected mass.  Further reproductions of the experiment in Japan, Russia, Italy, and Canada led to the conclusion that solar neutrinos have three different oscillations.  This work led to the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, which Davis shared with Masatoshi Koshiba of Japan.

Neutrino research continues at the location.  On July 10, 2007, the mine was selected by the National Science Foundation as the location for the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL).

The mine has limited viewing and a <a href="http://www.homestakevisitorcenter.com/" target="_blank">visitor's center</a>, with above and below ground tours.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/dark-matter-neutrinos/homestake-mine/detail-1030</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:43:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[soudan underground mine state park : dark matter]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/dark-matter/soudan-underground-mine-state-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This former site of the oldest, deepest, and richest iron ore mine in Minnesota is now the location of the Soudan Underground Mine State Park.  

On the National Register for Historic Places since November 1966, the mine has been making headlines in recent years for the experiments conducted at the bottom of the mine to detect dark matter.

Since the bottom of the mine is shielded from cosmic rays, scientists from the CDMS-II (Cryogenic Dark Matter Search) team have been keeping chunks of germanium and silicon at absolute zero to see if any WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) bounce into them.

There has been evidence of interaction with WIMPS, but a new super-sensitive detector should provide more definitive results.

A separate experiment, called MINOS, is being conducted at the same location to detect neutrinos.  Tours of the Soudan Mine are available.

As most people know, dark matter and neutrinos were made by Jesus to test our faith.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/dark-matter/soudan-underground-mine-state-park/detail-1029</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:20:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[landsberg air base : johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/landsberg-air-base</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Johnny Cash enlisted in the United States Air Force on July 7, 1950.  After basic training at Lackland Air Force Base and technical training at Brooks Air Force Base (both in San Antonio, TX), he was assigned to be a Morse Code Intercept Operator at Landsberg Air Base near Penzig, Germany.  Cash was the first radio operator to pick up the news of the death of Joseph Stalin.

While at Landsberg, J.C. started his first band, The Landsberg Barbarians.  After Cash was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant on July 3, 1954, he returned to Texas.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/landsberg-air-base/detail-1028</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:04:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[los padres national forest  : johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/los-padres-national-forest</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In June 1965, Johnny Cash's truck caught fire from an overheated wheel bearing, triggering a forest fire that burnt 508 acres in Los Padres National Forest in California.

When the judge asked Cash why he did it, Cash said, "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."

There is an internet rumor that the burning foliage off three mountains killed 49 of the refuge's 53 endangered condors, which would represent half the entire population.  However, <a href="http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=50499" target="_blank">snopes.com</a> makes an excellent point that 580 acres is around one square mile, and that breeding pairs of condors defend around 20 square miles, so 49 condors in that area doesn't make much sense.

Either way, Cash eventually settled the case and paid $82,001.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/los-padres-national-forest/detail-1027</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:34:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&amp;quot;scott asheton memorial bridge&amp;quot; : the stooges]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-stooges/scott-asheton-memorial-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[During <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-stooges/the-fun-house"> "the fun house" </a> era, Scott Asheton drove a 12'6" rental truck into this 10'6" bridge after a gig. Asheton and 2 roadies, all seriously injured, tossed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secobarbital"> reds </a> into the nearby brush before the cops arrived.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-stooges/scott-asheton-memorial-bridge/detail-1026</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:43:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[arlington national cemetery : ira hayes, johnny cash, bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ira-hayes-johnny-cash-bob-dylan/arlington-national-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ira Hayes was a Pima Native American and a US Marine during World War II.  The Pima Indian Reservation struggled to grow successful crops in Arizona after the government diverted most of the water supply, and Ira joined the Marines to be able to send money home to his family.

On February 19, 1945, Hayes was part of the 5th Marine Division that landed on Iwo Jima.  On February 23, 1945, he was one of the five men portrayed in the iconic picture of Marines raising the second American flag on Suribachi (Ira is the one in back with the outstretched fingers).

Hayes became a celebrity because of the photo.  He was pulled out of combat and put on a Bond Tour to raise money for the war.  He constantly deferred attention to his fallen comrades, but starred in the John Wayne film, <em>Sands of Iwo Jima</em> as himself.

Ira Hayes accumulated 52 arrests for public drunkenness in the ensuing years.  In 1955, he died in a ditch of alcohol poisoning and exposure.

A folk song, "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" was written by Peter La Farge.  The song was covered by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Johnny Cash (Cash's version went to #3 of the Billboard charts).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ira-hayes-johnny-cash-bob-dylan/arlington-national-cemetery/detail-1025</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:05:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[johnny cash museum (upcoming) : johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/johnny-cash-museum-upcoming</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Scheduled to open up in the summer of 2012 at a former rug store, the Johnny Cash Museum will feature 18,000 square feet of memorabilia, interactive exhibits and a 250-seat auditorium.

Funded by long-time Johnny Cash friends and co-hosts of <em>The Johnny Cash Radio Hour</em>, Bill and Shannon Miller state that some of the artifacts will come from the defunct House of Cash (closed 1999), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Cash's Hendersonville home.

Nashville-based Griffin Technologies will provide the interactive displays and iPad applications.  The couple hopes to keep ticket prices around $13.

No firm opening date has been set, so I guess it's wait and see if it really happens.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/johnny-cash-museum-upcoming/detail-1024</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:43:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nickajack cave : johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/nickajack-cave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1968, Johnny Cash had hit rock bottom.  Substance abuse had shattered his life, and he decided to end it all in Nickajack Cave.  Crawling as far as he could into the recesses of the cave until his flashlight gave out, Cash curled up and waited to die.
 
As he put it: "The absolute lack of light was appropriate, for at that moment I was as far from God as I have ever been. My separation from Him, the deepest and most ravaging of the various kinds of loneliness I&rsquo;d felt over the years, seemed finally complete.&rdquo;

Then something changed for Cash.  &ldquo;I felt something very powerful start to happen to me, a sensation of utter peace, clarity and sobriety... There in Nickajack Cave I became conscious of a very clear, simple idea: I was not in charge of my own destiny... I was going to die at God&rsquo;s time, not mine.&rdquo;

Today, Nickajack Cave is a protected wildlife refuge for the endangered gray bat.  There is an observation deck to view the bats leaving to feed at dusk.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/nickajack-cave/detail-1023</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:43:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[johnny cash&#039;s hendersonville home (former) : johnny cash, barry gibbs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash-barry-gibbs/johnny-cashs-hendersonville-home-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[For 35 years, Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash lived in a home on Old Hickory Lake at this address.  The home was a mixture of wood, stone, and marble, and was built without a blueprint.  The Cashes entertained everybody from Bob Dylan to Rev. Billy Graham to Al Gore in their home.  

Contrary to the 2005 film <em>Walk the Line</em>, Johnny did not stumble onto the property while rambling hungover.  He did, however, drive a tractor into the lake at one point.

Four years after Johnny Cash passed, former Bee Gees star Barry Gibb purchased the home for $2.6 million.  His intent was to restore the property with everything intact, but some flammable wood preserver caught fire and the home was completely destroyed.

The forests around Hendersonville are apparently not kind to wood structures.  Roy Orbison's original house, which was next door, also succumbed to fire in 1965.  Luther Perkins (Johnny Cash's long-time guitarist) died in a house fire nearby in 1968.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash-barry-gibbs/johnny-cashs-hendersonville-home-former/detail-1022</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:03:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[johnny cash&#039;s grave : johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/johnny-cashs-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On Monday, September 15, 2003, Johnny Cash was laid to rest next to his wife, June Carter Cash, at Hendersonville Memory Gardens in Hendersonville, TN.  He was 71 years old.

June Carter Cash had passed away six months earlier on May 15, 2003, at the age of 73.

The Cash family had lived in a home outside Hendersonville for many years, and the Johnny Cash Museum is also in Hendersonville.

Luther Perkins, the long-time guitarist for Johnny Cash, was also interred at Hendersonville Memory Gardens in 1968 (after dying in a house fire).

The Biblical verse Psalm 19:14 is inscribed on Johnny Cash's grave.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/johnny-cashs-grave/detail-1021</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:45:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[empty bottle  : jay reatard, flameshovel records]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard-flameshovel-records/empty-bottle</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Empty Bottle is a nightclub and concert venue in Chicago's Ukrainian Village neighborhood.  Opened in 1992, it caters to the indie and eclectic music crowd and has an adjoining restaurant named Bite.

Above the Empty Bottle are the headquarters of <a href="http://www.flameshovel.com/" target="_blank">Flameshovel Records</a>.

At one point, Jay Reatard pulled the disco ball down off the ceiling here and bounced it off somebody's head.  The owner charged him $150 for it.  Eventually, the owner said he would pay him an extra $150 if he would play the venue again.  Sometimes it pays to be an a**hole.

He recounts this anecdote in the bio-documentary <em>Better Than Something</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard-flameshovel-records/empty-bottle/detail-1020</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:50:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[john hancock center : chris farley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/john-hancock-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On December 18, 1997, Chris Farley was found dead in his apartment on the 60th floor of the John Hancock Center.  Found by his younger brother John, Chris Farley expired due to opiate (morphine) and cocaine intoxication.

Farley was 33 years old; the same age as his idol, John Belushi.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/john-hancock-center/detail-1019</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:53:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[resurrection cemetery : chris farley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/resurrection-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Chris Farley was laid to rest in a mausoleum at Resurrection Cemetery on December 22, 1997, following a service at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/our-lady-queen-of-peace">Our Lady of Peace</a> down the street.  He was 33 years old.

At the time of his death, Farley was cast as the lead voice in the then up-coming animated film, <em>Shrek</em>.  Mike Myers was recast in the role.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/resurrection-cemetery/detail-1018</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:28:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[our lady queen of peace  : chris farley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/our-lady-queen-of-peace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The funeral service for Chris Farley was held here on December 22, 1997.

Over five hundred people attended his funeral, many of the actors and comedians who had worked with him on Saturday Night Live and on film including Phil Hartman, Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser, Joe Mantegna, Lorne Michaels, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Buscemi, Mike Myers, Christopher Walken, John Goodman, Eugene Levy, George Wendt, Norm Macdonald, Holly Wortell, Rob Schneider, Chris Rock, Tim Meadows, and Tom Arnold (Farley's AA sponsor).
 
Notably absent was former SNL castmate, frequent film co-star and close friend David Spade, who was later quoted as saying that he declined to attend Farley's private funeral because he "could not be in a room where Chris was in a box."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/our-lady-queen-of-peace/detail-1017</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:11:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the second city (chicago) : tina fey, stephen colbert, chris farley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/tina-fey-stephen-colbert-chris-farley/the-second-city-chicago</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened in December of 1959, the Second City has gone from being a quirky northside improv theater to being a proving grounds for those who aspire to be in the entertainment industry (especially comedy).  

With its roots in the improvisational games of Viola Spolin, the Second City was opened by Spolin's son, Paul Sills, along with Howard Alk and Bernie Sahlins.  Their comedy and theatrical style was non-conformist and experimental compared to their peers, and this drew the top talent from each generation.  

In the 60's, performers like Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, and Fred Willard were here.  In the 70's, John Belushi, Bill Murray, and Gilda Radner performed.  Since then, comedic talent has cycled through the place on a regular basis: Chris Farley, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Steve Carell, Bob Odenkirk, and many more.

The Second City has branches in several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/tina-fey-stephen-colbert-chris-farley/the-second-city-chicago/detail-1016</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:51:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hazelden center city, shoemaker unit : chris farley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/hazelden-center-city-shoemaker-unit</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Chris Farley sought treatment for drug and alcohol addiction at Hazelden Center City, one of the campuses of the famous Hazelden treatment center.

Farley's June 24, 1994 speech to a packed auditorium at Hazelden is reprinted in the book, <em>The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts<em>.

</em></em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/hazelden-center-city-shoemaker-unit/detail-1015</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:27:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[io west : improv comedy, improv olympic theatre, chris farley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/improv-comedy-improv-olympic-theatre-chris-farley/io-west</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This location is the current home home of iO West (previously known as the Improv Olympic West).  Affiliated with the iO Chicago (which was previously known as Improv Olympic Theatre), the iO method is to treat improvisation as its own art form, rather than the as a form of sketch comedy.

iO West has three theaters, daily performances, and classes for those interested in taking up improv.  

Chris Farley's Hollywood star (#2,289) is outside this theater- a fitting tribute since he honed his skills at the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley-tina-fey-mike-myers/improv-olympic-theatre">Improv Olympic Theatre</a> in Chicago.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/improv-comedy-improv-olympic-theatre-chris-farley/io-west/detail-1014</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:10:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[improv olympic theatre : chris farley, tina fey, mike myers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley-tina-fey-mike-myers/improv-olympic-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Now known as iO Chicago, the group formerly known as the Improv Olympic Theatre was founded by Charna Halpern and Del Close in 1981.  The style of <a href="http://ioimprov.com/" target="_blank">iO</a> is longer form improv, and the group has trained over 5,000 people.  Some of the more recognized graduates include Chris Farley, Tina Fey and Mike Myers.

Halpern and Close co-wrote the book <em>Truth in Comedy, The Manual for Improvisation.</em>

There is a west coast affiliate of the same organization called <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/improv-comedy-improv-olympic-theatre-chris-farley/io-west">iO West</a> in Los Angeles.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley-tina-fey-mike-myers/improv-olympic-theatre/detail-1013</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[diederich college of communication : chris farley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/diederich-college-of-communication</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Chris Farley graduated from Marquette University with degrees in communications and theater in 1986. Farley's character, Tommy, also graduates from Marquette University at the beginning of the 1995 film <em>Tommy Boy</em>.

The Diederich College of Communication <a href="http://diederich.marquette.edu/?itemID=50" target="_blank">offers a scholarship</a> for a recipient who demonstrates "use of creativity and humor in a positive manner."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/diederich-college-of-communication/detail-1012</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:12:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the ark improv theatre : chris farley, joan cusack, bonnie hunt]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley-joan-cusack-bonnie-hunt/the-ark-improv-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This location (now a laundromat) used to be the home of the Ark Improv Theatre from 1984 to 1989.  

Chris Farley honed his skills at this theater, as did Joan Cusack and Bonnie Hunt.

The Ark Repertory Theatre was founded by Dennis Kearn in 1981.  The Ark Improv group performed at the Dragonwood Pub for one year, moved to the Club De Wash in the Washington Hotel (now burned down), before settling at this address for five years.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley-joan-cusack-bonnie-hunt/the-ark-improv-theatre/detail-1011</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:54:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[scotch oil company : chris farley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/scotch-oil-company</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Chris Farley worked here with his father after graduating from <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/diederich-college-of-communication">Marquette University</a> in 1986 with degrees in communications and theater.  

He began performing regularly at the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley-joan-cusack-bonnie-hunt/the-ark-improv-theatre">Ark Improv Theatre</a> in Madison, and then went on to <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley-tina-fey-mike-myers/improv-olympic-theatre">Improv Olympic</a> and <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/tina-fey-stephen-colbert-chris-farley/the-second-city-chicago">Second City</a> in Chicago, before being discovered by Lorne Michaels of SNL.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/scotch-oil-company/detail-1010</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:43:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[edgewood high school of the sacred heart : chris farley, georgia o&#039;keefe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley-georgia-okeefe/edgewood-high-school-of-the-sacred-heart</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sponsored since its inception by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, WI, <a href="http://www.edgewoodhs.org/" target="_blank">Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart</a> is a Catholic high school whose mission is to educate the whole student for a life of learning, service and personal responsibility through a rigorous academic curriculum embracing the Sinsinawa Dominican values of Truth, Compassion, Justice, Partnership and Community.

The <em>SNL</em> member and comedic actor went to school and graduated from here.  During one homecoming at Edgewood, Farley became famous for his prank of releasing 3 pigs into the school, numbered 1, 2, and 4. The search for pig number three lasted weeks.

American artist Georgia O'Keefe also went to school here as a boarder, when the facility was named Sacred Heart Academy, from 1901 to 1902.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley-georgia-okeefe/edgewood-high-school-of-the-sacred-heart/detail-1009</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:30:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[red arrow camp : chris farley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/red-arrow-camp</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Red Arrow Camp For Boys is located on the north shore of Trout Lake in north central Wisconsin.  It was founded in 1920 on a former Indian village/logging company/resort site.

The former <em>Saturday Night Live</em> standout and comedy actor Chris Farley was a camper here, and later became counselor.  He developed some of his comedic skills here in the yearly <em>Counselor Stunt Night</em>.

His brother, Kevin Farley, recalled of the camp plays: 
<em>"He was always the lead and always had the big singing number. He sang Elvis' "Teddy Bear." All the parents would come up for the play and they'd be buzzing about how well he did that."</em>

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/chris-farley/red-arrow-camp/detail-1008</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:57:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the village studio : bob dylan, jim morrison, frank zappa]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-jim-morrison-frank-zappa/the-village-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Village Studio has recorded several artists, bands, soundtracks and voiceovers (<a href="http://www.villagestudios.com/Projects/" target="_blank">partial list here</a>) since its founding in 1968.

Originally built as a Masonic Temple in 1922, the building was converted into a center for Transcendental Meditation by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the mid 60's. In 1968, the building was reinvented as The Village Studio by Geordie Hormel.

Some of the albums recorded here include <em>Aja</em> by Steely Dan, <em>Joe's Garage</em> by Frank Zappa, and <em>Planet Waves</em> by Bob Dylan.

On Jim Morrison's birthday on December 8, 1970, he rented this studio for several hours to record his poetry.  Portions of this session were used in the 1979 release, <em>An American Prayer</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-jim-morrison-frank-zappa/the-village-studio/detail-1007</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:37:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the extension : jim morrison, the doors]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/the-extension</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Currently a car stereo store called Al & Ed's Autsound, this building was a strip club back in the late 60's called The Extension.  

Since <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/the-doors-workshop">The Doors Workshop</a> and his preferred motels (<a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/the-alta-cienega-motel ">the Alta Cienega Motel</a> and <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-tom-waits/tropicana-motel ">the Tropicana Motel</a>were in the area, Jim Morrison spent some time here.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/the-extension/detail-1006</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:26:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[house of balls : sculpture, allen christian]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/sculpture-allen-christian/house-of-balls</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Allen Christian's workshop/living space/gallery is located in the Warehouse District of Minneapolis.  Called the <a href="http://houseofballs.com/" target="_blank">House of Balls</a> and open to the public at varying times, the unique art space is a representation of his artistic belief "that the non-living thing acquires soul from contact with the living."  

Visitors can check his website to make arrangements for visit, but even if the space is closed you can access the sculptures by pushing buttons and speaking into a recorded audio loop on the exterior.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/sculpture-allen-christian/house-of-balls/detail-1005</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:08:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ck&#039;s coffee shop : jay reatard]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/cks-coffee-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the documentary <em>Better Than Something</em>, Jay Reatard comes to this diner after drinking at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/lamplighter-lounge">the Lamplighter Lounge</a>.

Jay orders a toasted club sandwich, a double hashbrowns, and a piece of apple pie with a piece of American cheese melted on top.  It looks pretty delicious...

Watch short version of the documentary, called <a href="http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/61533697#pm_cmp=vid_OEV_P_P" target="_blank">Waiting for Something</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/cks-coffee-shop/detail-1004</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:14:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lamplighter lounge : jay reatard]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/lamplighter-lounge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the bio-documentary <em>Better Than Something</em> about Jay Reatard, one of the interviewees calls the Lamplighter Lounge, "Jay's home away from home."

This Memphis watering hole is featured in the film, although they only serve one kind of beer (PBR) and enforce a strict no-cursing policy.

View a short version of the documentary, called <a href="http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/61533697#pm_cmp=vid_OEV_P_P" target="_blank">Waiting for Something</a>.

Cheers.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/lamplighter-lounge/detail-1003</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:59:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[goner records : jay reatard]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/goner-records</link>
				<description><![CDATA[An indie record label (since 1993) and a record store (since 2004), Goner Records is run by Eric Oblivian of the Oblivians and Zac Ives (The Final Solutions).

Goner Records put out the first Guitar Wolf album in 1993, and has released music by the the Oblivians, Reatards, King Louie Bankston, and many more since then.

The current record store location used to be Legba Records, but was purchased from Greg Cartwright (Reigning Sound, The Parting Gifts) in 2004.

On April 18, 2009, Jay Reatard and band played an in-store performance for Record Store Day.  This performance is featured in the documentary <em>Better Than Something</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/goner-records/detail-1002</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:28:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[1620 echles st : jay reatard]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/1620-echles-st</link>
				<description><![CDATA[It was at this home that Jay Reatard witnessed the events that led to his Lost Sounds' song "1620 Echles St."  

To hear him tell this very disturbing story, go to 10:54 of <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/01/jay_reatard_rip.html" target="_blank">the video here</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/1620-echles-st/detail-1001</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:09:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jay reatard&#039;s childhood home : jay reatard]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/jay-reatards-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jay Reatard (Jimmy Lee Lindsey, Jr.) lived at this location as a youth.  It was at this home that he recorded some of his first demos at the age of 15, using a four track while banging on a plastic pickle bucket for drums.  It was also while living here that Reatard decided to stop attending school.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/jay-reatards-childhood-home/detail-1000</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:54:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[shangri-la records : jay reatard]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/shangri-la-records</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the documentary about Jay Reatard <em>Better Than Something</em>, there is footage of a young Jimmy Lee Lindsey, Jr. (real name) performing at this record store.  

Shangri-La Records store owner Shermon Wilmot remarks that "he was almost an Elvis-like figure, but angrier."

Jay Reatard brought in his first demo tapes to this record store.  Eric Oblivian (of the Oblivians) was working there, heard the tape, and decided to release it.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/shangri-la-records/detail-999</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:31:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[davies auditorium, becton engineering and applied science center : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/davies-auditorium-becton-engineering-and-applied-science-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On April 21, 1987, a bronze bust was dedicated in the entryway of the Davies Auditorium at the Becton Engineering and Applied Science Center at Yale University.  It was the culmination of a fund-raising and letter-writing campaign by a third grade class in Anne Arbor, Michigan.  The class's teacher, John Wagner, presented the sculpture to Yale.

In 1894, Nikola Tesla received an honorary degree from Yale along with several other 19th-century leaders. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/davies-auditorium-becton-engineering-and-applied-science-center/detail-998</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:31:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[serbian orthodox cathedral of st. sava : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/serbian-orthodox-cathedral-of-st-sava</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The second of two funeral services for Nikola Tesla was held at this location on January 13, 1943.

On Sunday, January 28, 2007, a bust of Nikola Tesla was unveiled at this location.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/serbian-orthodox-cathedral-of-st-sava/detail-997</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:13:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[elektra sound recorders studio : the doors,  the stooges]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-the-stooges/elektra-sound-recorders-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This was the former location of Elektra Sound Recorders Studio.

The Doors recorded the albums <em>Morrison Hotel</em> and <em>The Soft Parade</em> here.

From May 11-25, 1970, the Stooges recorded the tracks for <em>Fun House</em> here.  The first day consisted of sound checking and run-throughs of the songs prepared. The entire band used headphones with the bass and drums isolated by baffles while Iggy Pop sang his vocals through a condensor microphone on a boom.

The band hated the way it sounded, stripped the studio of its attire, gave Iggy a hand-held microphone, and put the guitar and bass amps by each other to create a sound similar to their live shows.

The studio is still a recording facility and is now named Discovery Studios.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-the-stooges/elektra-sound-recorders-studio/detail-996</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:56:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[themis : the doors, jim morrison]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/themis</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the late 60's, Jim Morrison purchased a boutique for his long-time girlfriend Pam Courson.  Named Themis, it featured fashions from around the world and became a hangout for Jim and Pam's circle of friends.

Up the stairs from this location is where the post-production of <em>HWY</em> took place, where Jim Morrison, Frank Lisciandro, Paul Ferrara and Babe Hill assembled an unwatchable film.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/themis/detail-995</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:39:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tropicana motel : the doors, tom waits]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-tom-waits/tropicana-motel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This was the location of the Tropicana Motel until it was torn down in 1986 and reconstructed as a Ramada Inn.  The Tropicana Motel was a favorite place to stay for Jim Morrison, until he moved around the corner to <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/the-alta-cienega-motel">the Alta Cinega Motel</a>.

The Tropicana Motel also housed the original Duke's Coffee Shop, where the Doors would often have breakfast since <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/the-doors-workshop">The Doors Workshop</a> was nearby.  

Tom Waits was arrested outside of Duke's in 1977.  Waits and a friend were trying to stop some men from bullying other patrons.  The men turned out to be plainclothes policemen, and they arrested Waits for disturbing the peace.  The jury found Waits not guilty; he took the police department to court and was awarded $7,500.

Duke's has since moved to 8909 Sunset Boulevard.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-tom-waits/tropicana-motel/detail-994</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:26:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[norfolk southern : the walking dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/norfolk-southern</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Rick crosses the Nelson St SW bridge (which is restricted to foot traffic) that goes over the train yard when he is entering Atlanta in Episode 1, Season 1 of <em>The Walking Dead</em>.  

Nearby in the shot is the Norfolk Southern building, where all of the rooftop scenes with Merle Dixon were shot.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/norfolk-southern/detail-993</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:05:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[morgan&#039;s house : the walking dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/morgans-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located down the street from <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/ricks-house">Rick's house</a> is the house where Morgan and Duane are hiding from the zombies.  They bring Rick to this location, and later on Morgan spends some time taking potshots at zombies in front of his house.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/morgans-house/detail-992</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:56:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the tank&#039;s location : the walking dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/the-tanks-location</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When Officer Grimes crawls into the belly of a tank in downtown Atlanta to hide from the ravenous zombie horde (end of Episode 1, Season 1), it's at the corner of Forsyth St NW and Walton St NW in downtown Atlanta.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/the-tanks-location/detail-989</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:32:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[grant park : the walking dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/grant-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Officer Rick Grimes encounters his first zombie at Grant Park, then returns to mercy kill her (it?) later on in Episode 1, Season 1 of <em>The Walking Dead</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/grant-park/detail-988</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:23:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the sheriff&#039;s station : the walking dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/the-sheriffs-station</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The building that is currently occupied by Vesta Holdings serves as the sheriff's station where Rick, Morgan and Duane go to shower, collect weapons and vehicles in Episode 1, Season 1 of <em>The Walking Dead</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/the-sheriffs-station/detail-987</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:17:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the farmhouse : the walking dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/the-farmhouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[About a half mile north of this intersection is the farmhouse where Rick Grimes finds a horse in Episode 1, Season 1 of <em>The Walking Dead</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/the-farmhouse/detail-986</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:07:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[freedom pkwy  : the walking dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/freedom-pkwy</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When Rick Grimes rides his horse into Atlanta in Episode 1, Season 1 of <em>The Walking Dead</em>, the dramatic photography is a digitally enhanced view from the Freedom Parkway.  The road is obviously digitally enhanced with the cars on the left, but train tracks were also added on the right, and the distance to the city is exaggerated. However, the skyline is of downtown Atlanta from the east (facing west).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/freedom-pkwy/detail-985</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 08:58:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[atlanta mission admin offices : the walking dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/atlanta-mission-admin-offices</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When Rick Grimes comes out of a coma to find himself in a zombie paradise, the hospital he exits in Episode 1, Season 1 of <em>The Walking Dead</em> is the administrative offices of the <a href="http://www.atlantamission.org/" target="_blank">Atlanta Mission</a>, an organization that "provides emergency shelter, residential discipleship, job attainment, and transitional housing to more than 950 homeless men, women and children daily."

Apparently, the building was under construction at the time of the building, but much of the exterior destruction and bodies were added digitally.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/atlanta-mission-admin-offices/detail-984</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 08:39:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[murrays mill : the walking dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/murrays-mill</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A sprawling 11.3 acre industrial site that dates back to the 1880's, Murrays Mill (also called the E. Van Winkle Gin and Machine Works) was a filming location for Episode 4, Season 1 of <em>The Walking Dead</em>.  The survivors encounter a rival gang that has kidnapped Glenn, and this is where the heated confrontation occurs.

This location was also used in the 1993 film <em>Kalifornia</em>, where David Duchovny and Brad Pitt have an interaction in the west part of the acreage.  The complex's water tower can be seen in several of the shots. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/murrays-mill/detail-983</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 08:26:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the quarry : the walking dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/the-quarry</link>
				<description><![CDATA[If you head southwest down Lois St NW from this intersection, you will reach the quarry from <em>The Walking Dead</em>.  This location was used for a variety of exterior shots in Season 1, and is also a nice place to fish, catch frogs and wash your clothes (post-apocalypse).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/the-quarry/detail-982</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 08:09:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cobb energy performing arts centre : the walking dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/cobb-energy-performing-arts-centre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Episodes 5 and 6 of Season 1 of <em>The Walking Dead</em>, the survivors follow Rick Grimes suggestion to seek help at the CDC in Atlanta.  The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre provides the substitute for the real CDC in this episode.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-walking-dead/cobb-energy-performing-arts-centre/detail-981</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:57:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ealing studios : downton abbey]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/downton-abbey/ealing-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although many much of the exterior (and interior) filming for <em>Downton Abbey</em> were filmed at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/downton-abbey/downton-abbey">Highclere Castle</a> and the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/downton-abbey/st-marys-church-in-bampton">village of Bampton</a>, Ealing Studios was used for the servants' living quarters.

Ealing Studios is the oldest operating film studio lot in the world.  Originally opened in 1902 by Will Barker, Ealing has also been the filming location for classics such as <em>The Ladykillers</em> (1955) and <em>Shaun of the Dead<em> (2004).</em></em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/downton-abbey/ealing-studios/detail-980</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:40:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st. mary&#039;s church in bampton : downton abbey]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/downton-abbey/st-marys-church-in-bampton</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although the main exterior for the period drama <em>Downton Abbey</em> is <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/television/downton-abbey/downton-abbey">Highclere Castle</a> in Highclere Park, many of the village exterior shots (and church interiors) were filmed near The Church of St. Mary the Virgin (the parish church of Bampton in Oxfordshire). 

The current structure was originally constructed in the 12th century, with the spire added in the mid-13th century, but there are records of a church being at this location as early as 1089.  

Several walking scenes in the village have been shot near the church.  The nearby library exterior has been used in a number of shots, including the arrival of the Matthew Crawley and his mother to the area.  

If you look closely during the show, you can sometimes pick out the occasional tv antenna and double yellow lines on the road.  If you don't have anything better to do, that is.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/downton-abbey/st-marys-church-in-bampton/detail-979</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:27:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[downton abbey : downton abbey]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/downton-abbey/downton-abbey</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The main filming exterior (and many interiors) for the period drama <em>Downton Abbey</em> is Highclere Castle.  Set on a 1,000 acre estate in the county of Hampshire, Highclere Castle is an example of Jacobethan architecture and was largely rebuilt in this style by Sir Charles Barry from 1839 to 1842 (after he completed the Houses of Parliament).

To distinguish, Highclere Castle is the historical county seat of the Earl of Carnovan.  <em>Downton Abbey</em> is the fictional home of the Earl and Countess of Grantham in the North Riding of Yorkshire.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/downton-abbey/downton-abbey/detail-978</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:11:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[briar street theater : tom waits]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tom-waits/briar-street-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Tom Waits collaborated with his wife Kathleen Brennan on the play <em>Franks Wild Years</em> based on the song "Frank's Wild Years" off of his 1983 album <em>Swordfishtrombones</em>. It premiered at the Briar Street Theater in Chicago on June 22, 1986 and played through July, performed by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. 

Waits played the title role of down-on-his-luck Frank O'Brien. Gary Sinise (Steppenwolf co-founder / Lt. Dan) directed and the cast also included Gary Cole (a.k.a. Office Space's Lumbergh) and featured some magic tricks devised by Teller (&frac12; of Penn &amp; Teller). The album <em>Franks Wild Years</em>, containing songs from the play, was released in 1987, completing the trilogy started by <em>Swordfishtrombones</em>  and <em>Rain Dogs</em>.

Briar Street Theater was formerly a horse stable for Marshall Field and Company and is presently home to the Blue Man Group.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tom-waits/briar-street-theater/detail-977</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:53:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the crossroads : robert johnson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/robert-johnson/the-crossroads</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The legend: As a young man, Robert Johnson wanted to be a great blues musician, so he sold his soul to the devil at the intersection of Highway 49 and 61 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. It worked. He became a master of the blues. 

One story of his death: In 1938, at age 27, he drank from a bottle of whiskey that had been offered to him that was possibly laced with strychnine. He died a several days later in severe pain.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/robert-johnson/the-crossroads/detail-976</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:42:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the fun house : the stooges]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-stooges/the-fun-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Home of the band and their manager in the late 1960's. Nico stayed here with Iggy Pop in his attic bedroom during their brief relationship. The farmhouse has since been demolished.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-stooges/the-fun-house/detail-975</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:19:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jay reatard&#039;s house : jay reatard]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/jay-reatards-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This house at the corner of Nelson and S. McLean Blvd is where Jay Reatard (Jimmy Lee Lindsey, Jr.) used to live and record.  The interior of the house and Reatard's recording setup can be seen extensively in the bio-doc <em>Better Than Something</em>.  Some interesting moments of conversation from that film come as Reatard is swinging on the front porch of this location.

On January 13, 2010, Reatard passed away at this same location from a combination of cocaine toxicity and alcohol.  He was 29 years old.

Watch a short version of the documentary, called <a href="http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/61533697#pm_cmp=vid_OEV_P_P" target="_blank">Waiting for Something</a>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jay-reatard/jay-reatards-house/detail-974</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:48:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jet propulsion laboratory  : mars rovers, nasa, space exploration]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/mars-rovers-nasa-space-exploration/jet-propulsion-laboratory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center that specializes in the creation of robotic planetary spacecraft, Earth-orbit and astronomy missions, as well as NASA's Deep Space Network.  Located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles, JPL is on the border of the cities of La Ca&ntilde;ada Flintridge and Pasadena.  JPL is jointly managed by the California Institute of Techology (CalTech) for NASA.

JPL has been responsible for many of the unmanned spacecraft that have explored the solar system: <em>Ranger</em> and <em>Surveyor</em> programs (Moon-60's), <em>Viking</em> program (Mars- mid 70's), <em>Voyager</em> program (Leaving the solar system, still in progress) and many more.  

On August 6, 2012, JPL's most advanced rover to date (named <em>Curiosity</em>) will land on Mars.  The lab had to develop a new "skycrane" method of deployment to accommodate the enhanced rover (check out <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17261359" target="_blank">a sweet animation here</a>). ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/mars-rovers-nasa-space-exploration/jet-propulsion-laboratory/detail-973</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:56:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[andy kaufman&#039;s childhood home : andy kaufman]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/andy-kaufman/andy-kaufmans-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Andy Kaufman's home in 1950's and 1960's.  He would first perform in this West Egg home, which may explain his obsession with <em>The Great Gatsby</em>.

"While all the other kids were out playing ball and stuff, I used to stay in my room and imagine that there was a camera in the wall. And I used to really believe that I was putting on a television show and that it was going out to somewhere in the world." - Andy Kaufman]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/andy-kaufman/andy-kaufmans-childhood-home/detail-972</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:52:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[el segundo high school : wargames, superbad, joe dirt]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wargames-superbad-joe-dirt/el-segundo-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Besides being that place where Q-Tip left his wallet, El Segundo, California is also home to El Segundo High School which has been used as a filming location for dozens of tv shows and movies including <em>WarGames</em> (as Snohomish High School), <em>Superbad</em> (as Clark Secondary School), <em>Joe Dirt</em>, <em>90210</em>, <em>Fresh Prince of Bel-Air</em> and <em>24</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/wargames-superbad-joe-dirt/el-segundo-high-school/detail-970</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:00:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[la chascona : pablo neruda]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/pablo-neruda/la-chascona</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At the bottom of San Cristobal Hill, in the Bellavista neighborhood of Santiago, is one of the three houses that the poet Pablo Neruda occupied in Chile.  

In 1953, Neruda started to build a home for his secret love, Matilde Urrutia.  He named the home La Chascona ("wild hair"), the same nickname he had for Urrutia because of her abundant red hair.  Neruda moved in after separating from his wife in February 1955.

Neruda died on September 23rd, 1973, only days after the military coup by Pinochet.  The home was vandalized, but Urrutia was determined to have the funeral in the home.  She spent the night with friends in the living room surrounded by broken windows.

Urrutia lived in the home until she died in 1985.  Today it's a museum and is open to the public.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/pablo-neruda/la-chascona/detail-969</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:07:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[la sebastiana : pablo neruda]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/pablo-neruda/la-sebastiana</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>&ldquo;I feel the tiredness of Santiago. I want to find in Valparaiso a little house to live and write quietly.  It must have some conditions.  It can&rsquo;t be located to high or to low.  It should be solitary but not in excess. With neighbours hopefully invisibles.  They shouldn&rsquo;t be seen or heard.  Original, but not uncomfortable.  With many wings, but strong.  Neither too big or too small.  Far from everything but close to the transportation. Independent, but close to the commerce.  Besides it has to be very cheap.  Do you think I would find a house like that in Valparaiso?</em>- Pablo Neruda in a letter to friends, 1959.

Although his list of demands for a home was impressive, in 1959 Pablo Neruda's friends found this mansion on Florida Hill that fit the poet's desires.  Neruda ultimately felt the home was too big; he split the home and sold the bottom two floors to the sculptor Marie Martner and her husband, Dr. Francisco Velasco.  Neruda retained the third and fourth floor and a tower.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/pablo-neruda/la-sebastiana/detail-968</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:39:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[casa museo de pablo neruda : pablo neruda]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/pablo-neruda/casa-museo-de-pablo-neruda</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Now a museum celebrating his life, this was the home of the poet Pablo Neruda from 1939 to his death in 1973.  The "Casa de Isla Negra" was named by Neruda to describe the black rocks right off the shore.  It was here that Neruda lived with this third wife, singer Matilde Urrutia, and they are both buried on the property with a clear view of the beach.

In 1973, when armed forces loyal to the dictator Pinochet searched this home of Neruda's, he famously said:

<em>"Look around&mdash;there's only one thing of danger for you here&mdash;poetry."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/pablo-neruda/casa-museo-de-pablo-neruda/detail-967</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:24:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the rockatorium : rock &#039;n&#039; roll high school, the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/rock-n-roll-high-school-the-ramones/the-rockatorium</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1979's Roger Corman B-movie <em>Rock 'n' Roll High School</em>, exteriors of the Rockatorium, where Riff camps out for tickets and the Ramones arrive in their pink Cadillac, were shot at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles. The Ramones concert itself was filmed at the Roxy Theatre on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. 

The Mayan opened in 1927 and first showed live musicals, then movies, then in the 1940s it was a burlesque house, back to movies in the 1950s, was a porn theatre in the 1970s and is now a nightclub. You can also see the Mayan, inside and out, in <em>The Bodyguard</em> starring Kevin Costner.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/rock-n-roll-high-school-the-ramones/the-rockatorium/detail-966</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:46:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[vince lombardi high school : rock &#039;n&#039; roll high school, the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/rock-n-roll-high-school-the-ramones/vince-lombardi-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[If you guessed that Vince Lombardi High School from the Roger Corman-produced <em>Rock 'n' Roll High School</em> was in Wisconsin, you would be wrong, since it doesn't exist. The movie was filmed at the Mount Carmel High School in Los Angeles, an all boys Catholic high school that had been closed for several years by the time the movie came out in 1979. This is the former site of the school. I don't know if there is any truth to the rumors that the explosion at the end was part of the building's demolition. I believe the building was actually demolished around '82 or '83. 

Todd Rundgren, Cheap Trick and Tom Petty were supposedly all considered for the movie before the Ramones got the part.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/rock-n-roll-high-school-the-ramones/vince-lombardi-high-school/detail-965</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:13:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[very large array : contact]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/contact/very-large-array</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the movie <em>Contact</em>, Jodie Foster receives the message from the aliens while at the Very Large Array in New Mexico.

Unlike the <a href="/locations/movies/contact/arecibo-observatory">Arecibo Observatory</a> which does collect data for the SETI@home project, the 27 antennas at the VLA are not actually used in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/contact/very-large-array/detail-964</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:24:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[arecibo observatory : contact]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/contact/arecibo-observatory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jodie Foster is working at the Arecibo Observatory at the beginning of the movie <em>Contact</em> before they lose their funding and she ends up at the <a href="/locations/movies/contact/very-large-array">Very Large Array</a> in New Mexico.

Located in Puerto Rico, Arecibo has been operating since 1963. The radio telescope is the largest single-aperture telescope ever constructed, and the main collecting dish contains the largest curved focusing dish on Earth.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/contact/arecibo-observatory/detail-963</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:10:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mulberry street : dr. seuss]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/dr-seuss/mulberry-street</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dr. Seuss's first children's book <em>And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street</em> was published in 1937 after being rejected by over 30 publishers. It's about a boy named Marco who imagines a fantastic scene while on a walk to tell his father when he gets home, and it's based on the very ordinary Mulberry Street in Springfield, Massachusetts where Dr. Seuss grew up.

The house at 51 Mulberry was one of the oldest houses on the street dating back to around 1830. It was on the National Register of Historic Places, but it was demolished without permission in 1992.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/dr-seuss/mulberry-street/detail-962</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:41:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[atlanta limelight : peter gatien]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/peter-gatien/atlanta-limelight</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Peter Gatien opened the second of his Limelight disco nightclubs in the Buckethead neighborhood of Atlanta in 1980. This one featured two sharks under a glass dance floor. Gatien moved to New York in 1983 to open a Limelight club there and the Atlanta Limelight closed in 1985. It was located in a Piedmont strip mall and the Kroger grocery store next door was given the name "Disco Kroger." That grocery store has since been remodeled to a more Trader Joe's / Whole Foods type of store, but word is they kept the disco ball.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/peter-gatien/atlanta-limelight/detail-960</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 21:12:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[philip k. dick&#039;s apartment : philip k. dick]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/philip-k-dicks-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Philip K. Dick lived in an apartment at 3028 Quartz Lane in Fullerton, California with his fifth wife Tessa from 1972 to 1976. Here, he drew from his time living at the <a href="/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/philip-k-dicks-hermit-house">"hermit house"</a> to write<em> A Scanner Darkly</em>. 

It was also here that he had the event that he would later refer to as 2-3-74 (for February-March 1974). While on sodium pentothal after having a wisdom tooth extracted, he had a bizarre religious experience triggered by the Jesus fish necklace worn by the girl delivering more pain medication. Later he claims he was told about his baby son's undiagnosed hernia (which it turned out he did have) while listening to "Strawberry Fields Forever" by the Beatles. He wrote about it endlessly in the eight million page <em>Exegious</em> and semi-fictionalized what he went through in his later books <em>V.A.L.I.S.</em> and <em>Radio Free Albemuth</em>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/philip-k-dicks-apartment/detail-959</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 05:03:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[7th street entry : h&amp;uuml;sker d&amp;uuml;, the replacements, soul asylum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-the-replacements-soul-asylum/7th-street-entry</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened in March of 1980, the 7th Street Entry is the smaller venue version of the adjoining First Ave Mainroom.  Smaller in capacity (around 250), 7th Street has been a mainstay for up-and-coming band for the better part of three decades.  

H&uuml;sker D&uuml;'s <em>Land Speed Record</em> was recorded live here on August 15, 1981.  It was released on New Alliance Records (Mike Watt and D. Boon of the Minutemen's label).

During the heyday of the Minneapolis punk scene, bands such as H&uuml;sker D&uuml;, the Replacements, and Soul Asylum played here on a regular basis.  It's still a great place to nurse a PBR tallboy.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-the-replacements-soul-asylum/7th-street-entry/detail-956</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 04:27:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[total access recording studio : h&amp;uuml;sker d&amp;uuml;, minutemen, sublime, black flag]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-minutemen-sublime-black-flag/total-access-recording-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Total Access Recording Studio in Redondo Beach has been open since December 1980.  The lists of bands who have recorded here is too extensive to list, but here's one interesting anecdote.

After being signed as the first non-West Coast band on the SST Records label (Black Flag, the Minutemen), H&uuml;sker D&uuml; went to record <em>Zen Arcade</em> at Total Access with producer Spot in October of 1983.  The band recorded 25 songs, and all but two were on the first take.  The recording and the mixing of <em>Zen Arcade</em> took 85 hours total and cost $3,200.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-minutemen-sublime-black-flag/total-access-recording-studio/detail-955</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:04:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[duffy&#039;s (former) : minneapolis hardcore]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/minneapolis-hardcore/duffys-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In a building that was a former railroad worker's hotel, Duffy's was a punk rock club in the early 80's near this intersection.  It had an outdoor volleyball court, basketball hoops, and decks for with outdoor seating.  The stage was inside under a domed ceiling.  

In 1983/84, Duffy's was converted into a new wave disco called Norma Jean's (with a Marilyn Monroe theme), and scaled back on booking bands.

On November 3, 1997, the building was demolished.  View <a href="http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Image:SNGhistcomm--mrnibs_duffys_26th_ave.jpg" target="_blank">a vintage picture of Duffy's here.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/minneapolis-hardcore/duffys-former/detail-954</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:39:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[oar folkjokeopus (former) : minneapolis hardcore]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/minneapolis-hardcore/oar-folkjokeopus-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Open from 1973 to 2001, Oar Folk (as it was informally called) was a popular record store hub for the music scene in the Twin Cities.
 
One of the only places to buy punk records in the late 70's and early 80's, Oar Folk provided a meeting place for many many members of the T.C. music scene like the Replacements, H&uuml;sker D&uuml;, the Suicide Commandos, and Soul Asylum.
Bob Mould would buy records here. Lori Barbero of Babes in Toyland said of the 8,000 records she owns, 7,000 were purchased at Oar Folk (source: <em>Magnet</em> magazine, June 12, 2005). 

In 1984, a fire gutted most of Oar Folk.  The owner opened again with the help of Mark Trehus (of Treehouse Records).  The record store has since been renamed Treehouse Records and remains open at the same location.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/minneapolis-hardcore/oar-folkjokeopus-former/detail-953</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:18:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[twin galaxies : the videogame capital of the world]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/the-videogame-capital-of-the-world/twin-galaxies</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Walter Day opened the Twin Galaxies arcade in Ottumwa, Iowa in 1981. After realizing early on that there was no unified record of video game high scores, he started the Twin Galaxies International (now Intergalactic) Scoreboard to keep track of high scores from all over the world. Twin Galaxies began organizing competitive gaming events, and the popularity of video games in the culture at the time led to a <em>LIFE</em> magazine story with a photo of some of the country's best players lined up outside the arcade. Ottumwa's mayor, followed by Iowa's governor, declared Ottumwa "The Videogame Capital of the World" in 1982. 

The arcade itself was a victim of the video game crash and shut down just a few years later, but Twin Galaxies lives on as a score keeping organization. There has been an effort for several years by record holder Billy Mitchell, Day and others to build a video game museum and hall of fame in Ottumwa.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/the-videogame-capital-of-the-world/twin-galaxies/detail-951</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:35:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[canteen lunch in the alley : roseanne]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/roseanne/canteen-lunch-in-the-alley</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Canteen Lunch in the Alley in downtown Ottumwa, Iowa was the model for the Lanford Lunch Box in Roseanne Barr's sitcom <em>Roseanne</em>. Tom Arnold, Roseanne's husband during the time the show was on the air, was an Ottumwa native. The Canteen, founded in 1936, is known for its loose meat sandwiches... yum.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/roseanne/canteen-lunch-in-the-alley/detail-950</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:30:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[funspot : largest arcade in the world]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/largest-arcade-in-the-world/funspot</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Funspot in Laconia, New Hampshire is the "largest arcade in the world" according to Guinness World Records. It opened in 1952 featuring indoor mini-golf and a penny arcade and moved to its current location in 1964. It hosts competitive tournaments (you can see it in the 2007 documentary <em>The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters</em>) and is home to the American Classic Arcade Museum with over 200 classic games from the '70s and '80s.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/largest-arcade-in-the-world/funspot/detail-949</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:27:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the rossmor building : h&amp;uuml;sker d&amp;uuml;, husker du]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/the-rossmor-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After <em>Warehouse: Songs and Stories</em> came out in 1987, H&uuml;sker D&uuml; spent some time practicing and building songs in the Rossmor Building.  A former shoe factory that takes up an entire city block, the Rossmor's empty spaces and lofts were home to artists, musicians, and the like in the late 80's.  Grant Hart (drummer) was living here at the time.  A few recordings have survived that period, but H&uuml;sker D&uuml; called it quits before releasing another album.

Today, the Rossmor is a collection of upscale condominiums- surprise!]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/the-rossmor-building/detail-948</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ron&#039;s randolph inn (former) : h&amp;uuml;sker d&amp;uuml;, husker du]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/rons-randolph-inn-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In March of 1979, H&uuml;sker D&uuml; played their first public performance at Ron's Randolph Inn.  Although there is no longer a 1217 building at this address, the 1219 building contains the one-story brick building that used to be Ron's.  

As Bob Mould recalled:
<em>"I am 99% certain it's the one story building next to the salon. The front windows you see were 'the back of the stage.' When one entered the front door, they were essentially to my immediate left (stage left). The stage was maybe 12 inches high, with a small wrought iron rail &mdash; think handrail for a stairway entrance to a suburban house &mdash; on stage left. Don't ask me how I remember all of this."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/rons-randolph-inn-former/detail-947</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:07:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[auburn correctional facility : thomas edison, nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/thomas-edison-nikola-tesla/auburn-correctional-facility</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Constructed in 1816, Auburn Prison was the site of the first execution by electric chair.

In the War of the Currents, Thomas Edison (promoting DC power) and the team of George Westinghouse/Nikola Tesla (promoting AC power) were constantly trying to win support, projects, and public favor for their respective systems.  

Edison was a crafty showman as well as an inventor, and he invented the grisly electric chair as a publicity stunt to promote fear in the public of AC power.  

On May 9, 1860, the murderer William Kemmler became the first recipient of the new technology.  Although it had been tested successfully on a horse at 1,000 volts, it did not work on Kemmler the first time.  So they tried it again at 2,000 volts.  The execution room filled with the smell of burnt flesh and singed hair.  All total the execution took eight minutes.  

In the end, AC power became the standard for electricity.  The electric chair is still with us.  In case you doubt his intentions, Edison was good enough to <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Execution_of_Czolgosz,_with_panorama_of_Auburn_Prison.ogv" target="_blank">film his executions</a> for commercial release.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/thomas-edison-nikola-tesla/auburn-correctional-facility/detail-946</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:37:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[janis joplin died here : janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/janis-joplin-died-here</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Janis Joplin died at the Landmark Motor Hotel (currently known as the Highland Gardens) on Sunday, October 4, 1970 of a heroin overdose.

Earlier the previous evening, Joplin had been at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors-janis-joplin-quentin-tarantino/barneys-beanery">Barney's Beanery</a> with some cohorts.  Joplin was apparently bummed out that she had been stood up by her friends recently, and had been given a particularly potent batch of heroin. 

When Joplin failed to show up at her recording session at Sunset Sound Records on October 4, her producer Paul Rothchild visited the Landmark Motor Hotel.  He discovered Joplin's body in her room (#105).  She was 27 years old.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/janis-joplin/janis-joplin-died-here/detail-945</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:39:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[orpheum theatre : last action hero]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/last-action-hero/orpheum-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although it was set in New York, the interior of the Pandora Theatre in 1993's self-referential turd <em>The Last Action Hero</em>, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and some dumb kid, was Los Angeles's Orpheum Theatre on South Broadway. Exteriors were shot in New York City at the Empire Theatre on 42nd Street.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/last-action-hero/orpheum-theatre/detail-944</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:23:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[canaima national park : pixar&#039;s up]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/pixars-up/canaima-national-park(canaima-national-park-bolivar-venezuela)</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Canaima National Park in south-eastern Venezuela was the inspiration for Paradise Falls in Disney/Pixar's <em>Up</em>. The filmmakers visited Angel Falls and the table-top mountains called tepuis when doing research for the movie. Tepui means "House of the Gods" in the local P&eacute;mon language. The largest tepui, in the western end of the park, is Auyantepui which translates to &ldquo;House of the Devil&rdquo; or "Devil's Mountain." Angel Falls though, the world's highest waterfall which drops over the edge of Auyantepui, was named after American Jimmie Angel who was the first person to fly over the waterfall in 1933. He crashed his plane when returning to the falls in 1937, and his 11 day survival before he found help was such a big deal in Venezuela that the Venezuelan government named the falls after him.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/pixars-up/canaima-national-park(canaima-national-park-bolivar-venezuela)/detail-943</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:53:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[davy jones died here : davy jones, the monkees]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/davy-jones-the-monkees/davy-jones-died-here</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Davy Jones (actor/singer/musician, former member of the Monkees), was pronounced dead of a heart attack at Martin Medical Center on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 29.  Jones had been complaining of chest pains the previous night at his Indiantown, Florida.  

Jones was initially an actor, appearing on <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley-the-beatles-the-doors/ed-sullivan-theater">The Ed Sullivan Show</a> with the cast of <em>Oliver!</em> the same night the Beatles made their first appearance on that show (on February 9,1964).  Later recalling that evening, Jones said:

"I watched the Beatles from the side of the stage, I saw the girls going crazy, and I said to myself, this is it, I want a piece of that."

From 1966 to 1971, Jones starred in the hit tv show <em>The Monkees</em>, a semi-parody sitcom version of The Beatles that created some fun tunes like "Last Train to Clarksville","Daydream Believer", and the psychedelic-inspired film (co-written by Jack Nicholson), <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PNfnNBDatY&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player">Head</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/davy-jones-the-monkees/davy-jones-died-here/detail-941</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:47:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[northern lights records (former) : h&amp;uuml;sker d&amp;uuml;, husker du]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/northern-lights-records-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A record store that existed until the 90's, Northern Lights Records was located at the corner of 7th street and Hennepin Ave.  The former location of the Music City record store, the site has since been renovated to become part of the Pantages Theatre.

In late 1979, H&uuml;sker D&uuml; recorded the <em>Northern Lights Demos</em> here with friend/co-worker Colin Mansfield.  As Mansfield recalled:
<em>"I was involved in recording most (probably all --it's a long time ago) of the recordings made in the basement of Northern Lights. Both Greg and I were working there (Greg in the record/head shop, and I was setting up Twin Cities Imports in the basement)."</em>

The track listing for this demo:
Picture Of You
Can't See You Any More
The Truth Hurts
Do You Remember?
Sore Eyes]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/northern-lights-records-former/detail-940</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:42:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[capri theatre : prince]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prince/capri-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On January 5, 1979, a 20-year-old Prince played his first show at a fundraiser for the Capri Theater in Minneapolis.  Prince had been signed the previous year with Warner Bros, and some executives attended the show, with the decision made to allow the performer time to polish his act.  

In October 1979, the self-titled debut <em>Prince</em> album was released, eventually going platinum.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prince/capri-theatre/detail-939</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:52:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jim morrison&#039;s rothdell residence : jim morrison, the doors]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/jim-morrisons-rothdell-residence</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The song "Love Street" was actually referring to Rothdell Trail and the many hippies and flower children that would mill about it back in the sixites.  Jim Morrison and his girlfriend, Pam Courson, lived at this address in a brown wooden house, visiting the nearby <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors-frank-zappa/laurel-canyon-store">Laurel Canyon Store</a> often.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/jim-morrisons-rothdell-residence/detail-938</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:05:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[laurel canyon store : jim morrison the doors, frank zappa]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors-frank-zappa/laurel-canyon-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Immortalized in the song "Love Street" by the Doors, this is "the place where the creatures meet."  Jim Morrison used to live with his girlfriend Pam <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/jim-morrisons-rothdell-residence">near this store</a> in the 60's, and they would meet up with the other musicians that lived in the area (Frank Zappa, David Crosby, Mama Cass, Joni Mitchell) to drink, hang out, and play music on the porch.  

Jennifer Aniston used to work here as a cashier and in the deli.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors-frank-zappa/laurel-canyon-store/detail-937</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:55:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the hollywood bowl : the beatles, the doors]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-the-doors/the-hollywood-bowl</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The largest natural amphitheater in the United States (seating capacity around 18,000), the Hollywood Bowl has seen quite a bit of action.  The "bowl" portion refers to the concave hillside the amphitheater is carved into.

Initially surveyed in 1919, the bowl opened as "Daisy Dell" on July 11, 1922, using little more than a stage, wooden benches, and the natural surroundings.  

In 1927, Frank Lloyd Wright designed an acoustic band shell that only lasted one season (it was deemed to avant-garde).  So the next year he designed another one.

The physical nature of the Hollywood Bowl has increasingly changed over the years.  More bands have performed (and movie scenes shot) here than can be listed.  Some noteworthy events were the Beatles performances here in '64/'65 (released as <em>The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl</em>) and the July 5, 1968 Doors concert that became a film and live album (<em>The Doors, Live at the Hollywood Bowl</em>). ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-the-doors/the-hollywood-bowl/detail-936</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:29:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jim morrison mural : jim morrison, the doors]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/jim-morrison-mural</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Painted by <a href="http://www.westland.net/venice/art/cronk/index.html" target="_blank">artist Rip Cronk</a> in 1991, this mural of a shirtless Jim Morrison adorns the alley side of a building near this intersection in Venice Beach, CA.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/jim-morrison-mural/detail-935</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:53:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[barney&#039;s beanery : jim morrison, the doors, janis joplin, quentin tarantino]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors-janis-joplin-quentin-tarantino/barneys-beanery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Barney's Beanery first opened its doors in 1920.  One of the final stops on the famous Route 66 (you used to be able to trade your license plates for a pint of beer here), Barney's atmosphere and fair prices have attracted a number of interesting clientele through the years.

<a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/the-doors-workshop">The Doors Workshop</a> was just down the street, so Jim Morrison and the Doors used to eat and imbibe here in the late 60's and early 70's.  On October 3, 1970, Janis Joplin had her last night of drinking here before she died of a heroin overdose the next day.  

Quentin Tarantino wrote the majority of <em>Pulp Fiction</em> at Barney's.  As he recalled:
"There's one booth there too that I love. It's a little one, and there's a post there that kind of cuts you off. It helps you concentrate a little bit too."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors-janis-joplin-quentin-tarantino/barneys-beanery/detail-934</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:26:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[monaco liquor : the doors, jim morrison]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/monaco-liquor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located across the street from the former Doors Workshop, members of the Doors would visit Monaco Liquor on a regular basis in the late 60's and early 70's.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/monaco-liquor/detail-933</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:07:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the arizona biltmore hotel : the shining]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-shining/the-arizona-biltmore-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Stanley Kubrick is reported to have based <em>The Shining's</em> red bathroom on the men's room of the Biltmore Hotel in Arizona. The design of the Biltmore is usually attributed to <a href="/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright">Frank Lloyd Wright</a>, which is only partly true. The architect of record is Albert Chase McArthur who had been commissioned by his brothers to design a luxury hotel for them in Phoenix. McArthur studied under Wright, who had built the McArthur house in Chicago for McArthur's father in 1892, and Wright was the consulting architect for the Biltmore.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-shining/the-arizona-biltmore-hotel/detail-932</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:26:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[higher real gymnasium (gymnasium karlovac) : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/higher-real-gymnasium-gymnasium-karlovac</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A gymnasium is the Croatian equivalent of a U.S. prep school, and the Gymnasium Karlovac (or the Higher Real Gymnasium, as it is sometimes called) can trace its physical construction to 1863, and its educational origins as far back as 1766.

One of the gymnasium's most notable alumnus is Nikola Tesla, who went to school here from 1870 to 1873 (graduating a year early).  It was due to his encounters with an inspiring physics professor that Tesla pursued mechanical engineering and invention. 

The Gymnasium Karlovac remains in operation to this day.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/higher-real-gymnasium-gymnasium-karlovac/detail-931</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:38:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ nikola tesla memorial center : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/nikola-tesla-memorial-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On July 10, 1856, Nikola Tesla was born in the village of Smiljan, located in the mountainous region of Lika in Croatia (about 6 km northwest of GospiÄ‡).  The son of a Serbian Orthodox priest and an illiterate mother, Tesla was a subject of the Austrian empire by birth (the area was known as the Croatian Military Frontier of the Austrian Empire at the time).  Tesla's family moved to nearby GospiÄ‡ in 1862.

In 2006, to celebrate the 150th birthday of Tesla, Croatian officials opened a Tesla memorial in the town.  Tesla's birth house, the Orthodox Church of St. Peter and Paul, and several other buildings with displays, inventions and <a href="http://www.visitcroatia.travel/www/article/312/Nikola%20Tesla%20Memorial%20Centre%20in%20Smiljan" target="_blank">exhibits are open to the public.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/nikola-tesla-memorial-center/detail-930</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:20:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stanley hotel : stephen king]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/stephen-king/stanley-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Stephen King came up with the idea of what would become his third published novel <em>The Shining</em> after staying at The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado with his wife in 1974. The hotel, which was about to close for its off-season, became the basis for the book's fictional Overlook Hotel. They were the only guests there, although King was able to have a drink in the bar served by a bartender named Grady. 

Some of <em>The Shining</em> tv mini-series that aired in 1997 (starring <em>Wings</em> Steven Weber as Jack Torrance) was filmed at The Stanley. 

The hotel is rumored to be haunted and if you stay there you can catch Stanley (no relation to the hotel) Kubrick's version of <em>The Shining</em> playing non-stop on channel 42.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/stephen-king/stanley-hotel/detail-929</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:54:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ahwahnee hotel : the shining]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-shining/ahwahnee-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park served as the inspiration for parts of the Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's <em>The Shining</em>. The Overlook's Colorado Lounge in the movie was modeled after the lounge in the Ahwhanee and built on a soundstage at <a href="/locations/movies/star-wars-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-the-shining/elstree-studios">Elstree Studios</a>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-shining/ahwahnee-hotel/detail-928</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:00:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[california surplus mart : jim morrison, the doors]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/california-surplus-mart</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The California Surplus Mart (also called Hollywood's Unique Boutique) has been at this location since 1945.  According to Paul Ferrara (Doors photographer and friend), Morrison and crew would buy their jeans and clothing here in the late 60's.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/california-surplus-mart/detail-927</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:23:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the palms bar : the doors, jim morrison]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/the-palms-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A West Hollywood staple for many years, <a href="http://www.thepalmsbar.com/" target="_blank">The Palms</a> was a hangout for the Doors and company back when their studio and offices were down the street at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/the-doors-workshop">the Doors Workshop</a>.  Today, the Palms is a popular lesbian bar that has a dance floor and over-priced drinks.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/the-palms-bar/detail-926</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:10:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the phone booth (former) : jim morrison, the doors]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/the-phone-booth-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although today it is an unassuming flower shop called L.A. Premier, in the late 60's and early 70's this location was the home to a strip club called The Phone Booth.  Jim Morrison lived across the street at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/the-alta-cienega-motel">the Alta Cienega Motel</a> from 1968 to 1970 and would frequent the strip club to catch up on his poetry.

The exterior of this location can be seen in the unfinished, unreleased, and thoroughly uninteresting film by Morrison, <em>HWY: An American Pastoral</em> (1969).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/the-phone-booth-former/detail-925</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:49:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the alta cienega motel : jim morrison, the doors]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/the-alta-cienega-motel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1968 to 1970, Jim Morrison lived in a number of rooms at The Alta Cienega Motel.  At the time, the motel was within walking distance of several strip clubs, bars, and <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/the-doors-workshop">the Doors Workshop</a>, where the band culminated this era with the album <em>L.A. Woman</em>.

Morrison's favorite room was #32, which can still be rented, and where numerous devotees of the Lizard King <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugmGROMHYmE" target="_blank">scrawl graffiti on the walls.</a>  The motel repaints the interior every year, but you can't stop stupid people sometimes.  The room does afford interesting views of La Cienega and Santa Monica Blvd, and you have to wonder what bad poetry crept into Morrison's drug-addled brain.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/the-alta-cienega-motel/detail-924</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:59:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[l&#039;hotel at 13 rue des beaux-arts : oscar wilde, jim morrison]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/oscar-wilde-jim-morrison/lhotel-at-13-rue-des-beaux-arts</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On November 30, 1900, the writer/bon vivant Oscar Wilde expired at this location at the age of 46 from cerebral meningitis.  Of the location (then called H&ocirc;tel d'Alsace), Wilde said:

<em>"My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go."</em>

Jim Morrison stayed at this location when he first arrived in Paris in March of 1971 before he moved to the right bank address of <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/jim-morrisons-deathplace">17 rue Beautreillis.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/oscar-wilde-jim-morrison/lhotel-at-13-rue-des-beaux-arts/detail-923</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:04:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jim morrison&#039;s deathplace : jim morrison, the doors]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/jim-morrisons-deathplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1971, a music-industry weary Jim Morrison moved with his partner, Pam Courson, to Paris to pursue writing.  Originally staying at the L'Hotel at 13 rue des Beaux-Arts, Morrsion and Courson moved to this apartment near the Place de la Bastille (where the Bastille Prison used to stand) and the P&egrave;re Lachaise Cemetery (where Morrison would eventually end up).

By this point in his life, Morrison was drinking 2 to 3 bottles of whiskey a day, so the writing was not as prolific as anticipated.  

On the night of his death, Morrison and Courson went to see the Robert Mitchum movie <em>Pursued</em>.  They returned to the apartment, drifting off to some of Morrison's home movies.  Courson awoke to Morrison coughing up blood in the bathroom.  She offered to call a medic, but Morrison declined, saying that he wanted to take a bath.

Courson drew a bath for Morrison, then went to bed.  She found him dead at 8:00 am, July 3, 1971.  He was 27 years old.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison-the-doors/jim-morrisons-deathplace/detail-922</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:20:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the warehouse : the doors, jim morrison, the grateful dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison-the-grateful-dead/the-warehouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened on January 30, 1970, the Warehouse was one of the premier venues for rock music in New Orleans for several years.  The first band to play the Warehouse was Fleetwood Mac, with the Grateful Dead playing the second night.  The Dead were arrested for drug possession that opening weekend, and this experience was immortalized in their song, "Truckin'."

Jim Morrison's last live show with The Doors was here on December 12, 1970.  Morrison slammed the microphone repeatedly into the floorboards, breaking through the stage, then sat down and refused to perform.  Five months later he was dead in a Paris bathtub.

The Warehouse was demolished in April 1989.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison-the-grateful-dead/the-warehouse/detail-921</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:37:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the doors workshop : the doors, jim morrison]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/the-doors-workshop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Once a former antique store, this two-story building was also home to The Doors Workshop.  Used as an office and recording studio for the band, The Doors recorded with engineer Bruce Botnick at this location for the tracks of <em>L.A. Woman</em>.  Apparently, Jim Morrison recorded the vocals in the bathroom to get a fuller sound.

Today, the location is a restaurant named "Mexico."  The unisex bathroom still exists, and local legend is that the ghost of Jim Morrison haunts the place.  

The manager of the restaurant was quoted as saying:

&ldquo;Funky things happen all the time we can&rsquo;t explain. Lights popping on and off at weird times. But when that bathroom door handle jiggles by itself, that&rsquo;s the weirdest sign. It&rsquo;s totally inexplicable.&rdquo; (from <a href="http://tucsoncitizen.com/paranormal/2010/07/02/jim-morrison-died-in-a-bathroom-so-why-not-haunt-a-bathroom/" target="_blank">The Tucson Citizen</a>)

The anniversary of Jim Morrison's death is July 3.  Unfortunately, the restaurant is currently closed.  Hopefully it will open in time for the anniversary.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-jim-morrison/the-doors-workshop/detail-920</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:05:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the actors studio : james dean, sidney lumet, steve mcqueen and many more]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/james-dean-sidney-lumet-steve-mcqueen-and-many-more/the-actors-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The non-profit Actors Studio in Manhattan is where thespians have been studying method acting, pioneered by studio director Lee Strasberg, for over sixty years. It is currently located at 432 West 44th Street in a converted church. Just a few actors who have been members of the studio include Robert De Niro, Julia Roberts, Gene Hackman and Paul Newman.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/james-dean-sidney-lumet-steve-mcqueen-and-many-more/the-actors-studio/detail-919</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:05:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[university of massachusetts amherst : the pixies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pixies/university-of-massachusetts-amherst</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>"In the sleepy west of the woody east..."</em>

Charles Thompson (before he was Pixies singer/screamer/songwriter Black Francis/Frank Black) and Joey Santiago were suitemates at the University of Massachusetts in the early '80s. Thompson dropped out after the first semester of his junior year and went Puerto Rico, and when he returned to the U.S. several months later, he and Santiago moved to Boston. J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr. also was going to school at UMass at the time. He and Thompson met at some point, but it's only significant in retrospect when you imagine these two meeting, since they didn't necessarily hit it off. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pixies/university-of-massachusetts-amherst/detail-918</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:28:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[goofy&#039;s upper deck : minneapolis hardcore]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/minneapolis-hardcore/goofys-upper-deck</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1982, a punk rock music venue opened above the blue collar/strip club called Goofy's (the location is now a parking ramp for the Target Center).  Called Goofy's Upper Deck, the venue's stage was only six inches above the floor, encouraging intense interactions between performers and their audience.

In September of 1983, Goofy's Upper Deck Closed for good after "a certifiable riot."  Local band Final Conflict had the power shut off during their set, and there were about 100 angry punk rockers left without a show.  One smoke bomb, $3,000 worth of damages, a dozen MPD officers, one arrest, and one excessive-force complaint later, Goofy's Upper Deck was shut down.

To view an interesting local newscast from 1983 on Minneapolis punk rock, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6znMPT0xicw" target="_blank">click here.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/minneapolis-hardcore/goofys-upper-deck/detail-916</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:27:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jay&#039;s longhorn bar : h&amp;uuml;sker d&amp;uuml;, the replacements]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-the-replacements/jays-longhorn-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A former steak house turned music venue, Jay's Longhorn Bar (or more simply, the Longhorn) was one of the gravitational centers of the punk/hardcore scene.  A long bar with low ceilings and a stage at the end, the Longhorn saw numerous legendary acts perform there, including H&uuml;sker D&uuml;, the Replacements, the Suicide Commandos, the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, the Police (on their first US tour) and many more.

The Longhorn had a short life, opening in 1978 and closing in 1980, but left an indelible mark on Twin Cities music.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-the-replacements/jays-longhorn-bar/detail-915</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:26:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[janet wallace fine arts center : h&amp;uuml;sker d&amp;uuml;, husker du]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/janet-wallace-fine-arts-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center on the Macalester College campus, H&uuml;sker D&uuml; recorded their earliest demo tracks.  

Recorded in May of 1979, the demo is known as <em>the Bill Bruce Demos</em> and features the following tracks:

Nuclear Nightmare
Do The Bee
Uncle Ron
Don't Try To Call
Sex Dolls
MTC]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/janet-wallace-fine-arts-center/detail-914</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:05:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[h&amp;uuml;sker d&amp;uuml; practice space : h&amp;uuml;sker d&amp;uuml;, husker du]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/husker-du-practice-space</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This unassuming ranch home was listed as the contact address on the H&uuml;sker D&uuml; albums <em>Land Speed Record, Everything Falls Apart</em>, and <em>Metal Circus.</em>  Greg Norton (bassist) lived here with his mother, and the band would hang out and rehearse in the basement.

The location also served as contact address for Reflex Records, an independent label that H&uuml;sker D&uuml; formed with Terry Katzman after their initial single was rejected by Twin Tone Records in 1979.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/husker-du-practice-space/detail-913</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:40:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chet holifield federal building : death race 2000 (1975)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/death-race-2000-1975/chet-holifield-federal-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In what must be New Los Angeles, the ziggurat-like Chet Holifield Federal Building in Laguna Niguel, California marks the end of the Transcontinental Road Race in the Roger Corman cult classic <em>Death Race 2000</em> from 1975. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/death-race-2000-1975/chet-holifield-federal-building/detail-911</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:53:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[my garage museum : death race 2000 (1975)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/death-race-2000-1975/my-garage-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At the My Garage Museum, part of Mid America Motorworks in Effingham, Illinois, you can see the Alligator Car that David Carradine (as Frankenstein) drove across the country in the Roger Corman cult classic <em>Death Race 2000</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/death-race-2000-1975/my-garage-museum/detail-910</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:39:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[peyton&amp;rsquo;s house : one tree hill, john jeremiah sullivan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/one-tree-hill-john-jeremiah-sullivan/peytons-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I've never seen the WB teen drama <em>One Tree Hill</em>, but you'll find Peyton Sawyer's house in Wilmington, North Carolina where the show was filmed. The writer John Jeremiah Sullivan was living in the house with his family during shooting, and he wrote an interesting essay about the experience for GQ called <a href="http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201110/one-tree-house-filming-john-jeremiah-sullivan" target="_blank">"Peyton's Place."</a> ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/one-tree-hill-john-jeremiah-sullivan/peytons-house/detail-909</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:47:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[apollo house : peep show]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/peep-show/apollo-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Mark and Jeremy from the British Channel 4 sitcom <em>Peep Show</em> live at flat 5 Apollo House in Croydon, South London.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/peep-show/apollo-house/detail-908</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:21:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the gas station : gg allin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/gg-allin/the-gas-station</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nihilistic punk rocker GG Allin had been claiming he would kill himself on stage for several years, but that didn't happen at his last show on June 27, 1993 at a club called the Gas Station formerly located here in what used to be a gas station in New York. The power went out or was shut off after just two songs, and GG, who was notorious for performing naked and cutting himself, roamed the streets around the club covered in blood and grime surrounded by his fans. He eventually ended up in the apartment of someone named Johnny Puke who lived nearby on Avenue B, and he died of a heroin overdose early the next morning.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/gg-allin/the-gas-station/detail-906</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:01:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[steve jobs statue : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/steve-jobs-statue</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the third district of Budapest at Graphisoft Park, a statue of Steve Jobs was unveiled in December of 2011 (just two months after his death).  

The statue, created by Hungarian sculptor Erno Toth, features a 6 1/2 foot bronze version of Jobs wearing jeans, turtleneck, round spectacles, and an outstretched hand that kind of looks like an eagle's talon.  

Gabor Bojar, the founder of Graphisoft, commissioned the sculpture days after Job's death.  Apple had offered support to the architectural software firm, lending Graphisoft cash and computers, since Jobs saw them at a German trade expo in 1984.

View photos <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/world/gallery/Statue-of-Steve-Jobs-in-Budapest-33806/photo-1956368.php" target="_blank">of the statue here.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/steve-jobs-statue/detail-905</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:32:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[niagara falls tesla statue (u.s) : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/niagara-falls-tesla-statue-us</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the battle of the currents between Edison and Tesla, one of the crowning achievements for Tesla was the construction of the Niagara Falls power plant.  

In 1893, Westinghouse Electric was hired to design a system that could generate alternating current power from the falls.  Tesla was put to work on the project, utilizing a new three-phase system of alternating current (along with 13 other patents by Tesla) that allowed transfer of electricity over longer distances.

<a href="http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/adams-power-plant-transformer-house">The Adams Power Plant Transformer House</a> still stands as part of the project.  On Goat Island, there is a monument to Tesla that was given to the U.S. by Yugoslavia.  The statue, depicting Tesla seated while reading a book, was created in 1976 by Croatian sculptor Frane Krsinic.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/niagara-falls-tesla-statue-us/detail-904</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:04:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[niagara falls tesla statue (ca) : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/niagara-falls-tesla-statue-ca</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Unveiled on July 9, 2006, Queen Victoria Park has a statue to honor Nikola Tesla's contribution to the hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls.  

The statue depicts a determined Tesla wearing a long coat, pointing a cane to an AC motor that he is standing on.

Here's a picture of the statue with some guy named David. 

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/niagara-falls-tesla-statue-ca/detail-903</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:55:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[adams power plant transformer house : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/adams-power-plant-transformer-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This building is the only remaining structure of the first large-scale, alternating current electric generating plant in the world- the Edward Dean Adams Power Plant.  

Put into operation on August 25, 1895, the hydroelectric plant was a collaboration of several organization over the course of three years.  Notably, Westinghouse Electric was subcontracted to build the AC generators based on the work of Nikola Tesla and Benjamin G. Lamme.

The construction of the power plant was an enormous undertaking.  In one tunnel alone, 16 million bricks were used to line the walls and cost the lives of 28 workers.

Today, the Adams Power Plant is on the National Historic Register, but is fenced off and in a state of disrepair.  There is talk of converting it into a science museum.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/adams-power-plant-transformer-house/detail-901</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:42:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hollywood galaxy mall : luscious jackson, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/luscious-jackson-spike-jonze/hollywood-galaxy-mall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From what I can determine, the women from Luscious Jackson are involved in some sort of spy plot in their Spike Jonze-directed music video for "Daughters of the Kaos." They turn the tables on the man spying on them when they follow him into the old Hollywood Galaxy Shopping Center on Hollywood Boulevard.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIjvJ3z9hsg" target="_blank">Watch "Daughters of the Kaos"</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/luscious-jackson-spike-jonze/hollywood-galaxy-mall/detail-899</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:56:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the engineer&#039;s club (former) : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/the-engineers-club-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On the exterior of the Bryant Park Place building, there is a commemorative plaque for the former location of The Engineer's Club.  Nikola Tesla was a member of this club, and is mentioned in the same line as Thomas Edison, Charles Lindbergh, and H.H. Westinghouse.

It was in the Engineers Club that Tesla had the formal dinner reception preceding the ceremony where he received the Edison Medal on May 18, 1917.  It must have been quite ironic for Tesla to be given an award named for a man who had lied to and cheated him...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/the-engineers-club-former/detail-898</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:48:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ nikola tesla corner : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/nikola-tesla-corner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On February 26, 1994, the corner of W 40th St and 6th Ave (Avenue of the Americas) in NYC was dedicated as Nikola Tesla Corner.  Tesla lived in Manhattan for sixty years, and operated several labs in the area while making his wonderful machines.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/nikola-tesla-corner/detail-897</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:35:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dr edward la fond house : frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/dr-edward-la-fond-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Commissioned in 1956, the La Fond house was completed in 1960, a year after FLW's death.  The home is an example of a prefabricated model that Wright completed with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Erdman_Prefab_Houses">Marshal Erdman and Associates</a> (ME&A).  

The prefab homes were originally featured in a December 1956 issue of <em>House and Home</em> magazine.  Prospective clients were asked to submit a plot map of the lot where the home was to be built, and FLW would come to the house after completion to install his red signature brick (if it met his approval).  The La Fond home is an example of the Prefab #1 plan of the FLW/ME&A collaboration.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/dr-edward-la-fond-house/detail-896</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:23:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[james b. mcbean house  : frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/james-b-mcbean-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Completed in 1957, the James McBean residence is an example of a prefabricated house that FLW created with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Erdman_Prefab_Houses">Marshall Erdman and Associates</a>.  Wright came up with plans for three different types of prefabricated houses that were to be constructed by ME&amp;A.  The McBean residence is an example of the second type of prefab homes.

Check out <a href="http://www.arcaid.co.uk/search.php?inc=quickSearch&amp;search=10395-">more photos here.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/james-b-mcbean-house/detail-895</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:37:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[thomas keys residence : frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/thomas-keys-residence</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Undoubtedly in a "keeping-up-with-the-Joneses" inspired decision, the Thomas Keys residence is located just down the street of another FLW home, <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/ah-bulbulian-residence">the Bulbulian home</a>.

Completed in 1950 with a design that was originally meant for a Detroit auto-workers cooperative, the Thomas Keys residence incorporates earthen berms into the architecture.  This era of Wright's work is based on his Usonian theories of architecture, where he envisioned a more refined building style for the middle class.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/thomas-keys-residence/detail-894</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:56:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[a.h. bulbulian residence : frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/ah-bulbulian-residence</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Completed in 1947 for Dr. Arthur Bulbulian, a facial reconstruction specialist for the Mayo Clinic, the Bulbulian house is a later Usonian design by FLW.  The exterior features a fortress-like cement brick structure and cypress wood, and was the first of three FLW completed in the Rochester area.

Check out <a href="http://www.rochestermagazine.com/the/bulbulian/house/a/new/rochester/skyline/story-318.html">more photos here.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/ah-bulbulian-residence/detail-893</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:22:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[r.w. lindholm residence : frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/rw-lindholm-residence</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built for the same family that commissioned the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/lindholm-service-station">Lindholm Gas Station</a> (also known as the Broadacre City Gas Station) in Cloquet, the R.W. Lindholm residence is also known as M&auml;ntyl&auml; (Finnish for "house among the pines).  The L-shaped layout has an enclosed carport, forming a T shape.  The house is situated to maximize the setting sun in the living and sleeping quarters, and to have the living quarters shaded at noon during the summer.  The Lindholms hired an Iowan cabinetmaker to do the interior work to save money.

The home was completed in 1952, and has been in the family since its construction.  The Lindholm residence <a href="http://www.savewright.org/index.php?page=33&id=91">is currently for sale</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/rw-lindholm-residence/detail-892</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:40:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[elam house : frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/elam-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the same city as the <a href="http://www.spam.com/games/museum/">Spam Museum</a>, the S. P. Elam residence was designed by FLW and constructed in 1951.  The outstanding features of the building include large limestone piers (dug from the Taliesin quarry), dramatic cantilevers and soaring roofs.

View photos of <a href="http://www.dgunning.org/architecture/Minn/elam.htm">the home here.</a>
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/elam-house/detail-891</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:40:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[marin county civic center : gattaca, thx 1138]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/gattaca-thx-1138/marin-county-civic-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, California, Frank Lloyd Wright's last commission, served as the headquarters of the Gattaca Corporation in the 1997 dystopian sci-fi movie <em>Gattaca</em>. It was also used as a filming location for George Lucas's first movie <em>THX 1138</em>. 

In 2007, the first annual Gattaca photo shoot was held there where you were encouraged to show up dressed as I suppose either Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke or Jude Law. I have no idea if that became a recurring event.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/gattaca-thx-1138/marin-county-civic-center/detail-890</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:28:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[laura ingalls wilder museum  : laura ingalls wilder]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/laura-ingalls-wilder/laura-ingalls-wilder-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum commemorates the Wilder family's time in the Walnut Grove area, as well as the pioneer lifestyle.  There are several Laura Ingalls Wilder Museums across the country; this one has a series of interesting buildings, including a railroad depot, a chapel, an onion-domed house, a dugout display, an antique doll collection, and more.

What makes this Wilder location truly unique is the <a href="http://www.walnutgrove.org/pageant.htm" target="_blank">Wilder pageant play</a> that is held every weekend in July.  Built into a hillside amphitheater, the play draws large crowds and has extensive lighting, sound, and pyrotechnics.  Yeah, you read that right...pyrotechnics.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/laura-ingalls-wilder/laura-ingalls-wilder-museum/detail-889</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:43:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[laura ingalls wilder dugout site : laura ingalls wilder]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/laura-ingalls-wilder/laura-ingalls-wilder-dugout-site</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the <em>Little House on the Prairie</em> book series, <a href="http://www.walnutgrove.org/dugout.htm">lived with her family at this location</a> (1.5 miles north of Walnut Grove) on the banks of Plum Creek from 1874 to 1876.  After three consecutive crop failures, the family moved to Burr Oak, IA to help operate the Masters Hotel.

The historical significance of the location was unknown to the owners until Garth Williams, an illustrator of Laura's books, had researched the Wilder family's trail in courthouse records.  He approached the owners with the information, and the unusual depression near the creek was determined to be the remains of Wilder dugout home.

Today, the site is maintained by the owners of the property and is open to the public.  Twenty-five acres of the surrounding land have been replanted with native grasses to enhance the experience.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/laura-ingalls-wilder/laura-ingalls-wilder-dugout-site/detail-888</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:22:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the corner parking lot : the parking lot movie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-parking-lot-movie/the-corner-parking-lot</link>
				<description><![CDATA[If you haven't seen <em>The Parking Lot Movie</em>, 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.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-parking-lot-movie/the-corner-parking-lot/detail-887</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:44:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[judy garland museum : judy garland]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/judy-garland/judy-garland-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[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 <em>The Wizard of Oz</em> 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.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/judy-garland/judy-garland-museum/detail-886</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:06:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[marilyn monroe&#039;s deathplace : marilyn monroe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/marilyn-monroe/marilyn-monroes-deathplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/marilyn-monroe/marilyn-monroes-deathplace/detail-885</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:47:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[groove merchant records : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/groove-merchant-records</link>
				<description><![CDATA["This one goes out to my man the groove merchant
Coming through with beats, for which I been searchin'"
&ndash;Professor Booty]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/groove-merchant-records/detail-884</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:43:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[city grill : memento]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/memento/city-grill</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In <em>Memento</em>, Leonard meets Natalie at what was at the time Grinders in Glendale, California. It was called City Grill in the movie. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/memento/city-grill/detail-883</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:55:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mountcrest inn : memento]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/memento/mountcrest-inn</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Mountcrest Inn, Dodd's hotel in <em>Memento</em>, which Leonard goes to first in order to get a jump on him, but then can't remember why he is there, was filmed at the Hill Crest Inn in San Fernando Valley.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/memento/mountcrest-inn/detail-882</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:37:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tesla&#039;s radio lab : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/teslas-radio-lab</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Tesla lived at this location, the former Gerlach Hotel (later renamed The Radio Wave Bulding), and completed a number of his radio experiments here.  A commemorative plaque was placed on the exterior in 1977 to honor his work.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/teslas-radio-lab/detail-881</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:48:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wardenclyffe laboratory : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/wardenclyffe-laboratory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Originally designed in 1899 by Tesla, the Wardenclyffe Laboratory and Tower was constructed at this location in 1901.  Funded by a group of wealthy industrialists, the stated purpose of the facility was to provide wireless communication through the 187-foot tower.  

Tesla's ulterior motive to was to construct a facility that could transmit wireless electrical energy.  According to the story, investor J.P. Morgan (who had contributed $150,000 to the construction of Wardenclyffe) withdrew from the project when he couldn't foresee a way to meter and charge people for energy consumption.

Tesla kept Wardenclyffe afloat for years with a series of manufactures (like the Tesla coil and the Tesla turbine), but failings on the business end of the project led the facility to be foreclosed on in 1915.  The tower was blown up with dynamite in 1917 so that German submarines couldn't use it as a landmark.

Today, the remnants of the Wardenclyffe still stand, but are privately owned and near sale.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/wardenclyffe-laboratory/detail-880</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:34:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[emma&#039;s tattoo parlor : memento]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/memento/emmas-tattoo-parlor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Emma's Tattoo where Leonard gets his last tattoo of the movie (or his first if that's how you want to look at it) is not an actual tattoo parlor, but the location is on the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Mather Avenue in San Fernando Valley.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/memento/emmas-tattoo-parlor/detail-879</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:00:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[discount inn : memento]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/memento/discount-inn</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In <em>Memento</em>, Leonard was double-booked at the Discount Inn, since the clerk knew he wasn't going to remember it anyway. The scenes were filmed at the Travel Inn on the corner of Foothill and Hillhaven Ave in Tujunga, California. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/memento/discount-inn/detail-878</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:46:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ferdy&#039;s bar : memento]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/memento/ferdys-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The scenes at Ferdy's Bar where Natalie works in <em>Memento</em> were shot at The Blue Room, a dive bar in Burbank. They only take cash so keep that in mind when you visit. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/memento/ferdys-bar/detail-877</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:31:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fortress mountain : inception]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/inception/fortress-mountain</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Robert Fischer's third level dreamworld in <em>Inception</em> was filmed at the Fortress Mountain ski resort in Alberta Canada. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/inception/fortress-mountain/detail-876</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:51:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[commodore schuyler f. helms draw bridge : inception]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/inception/commodore-schuyler-f-helms-draw-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Yusuf drives the van off the Commodore Schuyler F. Helms Draw Bridge in Los Angeles to give the dreamers the kick to wake them up in Christopher Nolan's <em>Inception</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/inception/commodore-schuyler-f-helms-draw-bridge/detail-875</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:19:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[grand souk : inception]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/inception/grand-souk</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Mombassa scenes in <em>Inception</em> where Cobb first meets up with Eames were actually filmed in Tangier with the chase taking them through Tangier's historic Grand Souk marketplace.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/inception/grand-souk/detail-874</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:32:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pont de bir-hakeim : inception]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/inception/pont-de-bir-hakeim</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In <em>Inception</em>, the bridge that Ariadne (Ellen Page) creates in her dream out of mirrors is the pont de Bir-Hakeim that crosses the Seine River in Paris. Recreating locations in your dreams using memories of real places is dangerous, so don't ever do it.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/inception/pont-de-bir-hakeim/detail-873</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:33:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[caf&amp;eacute; debussy : inception]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/inception/cafe-debussy</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Caf&eacute; Debussy, as seen in <em>Inception</em> the first time when Ariadne (Ellen Page) doesn't know she is dreaming and then right after when she bends Paris over on top of itself, was actually the restaurant Da Stuzzi not far from the Eiffel Tower.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/inception/cafe-debussy/detail-872</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:02:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tesla&#039;s colorado springs lab : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/teslas-colorado-springs-lab</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1899, Tesla moved his research lab from Manhattan to Colorado Springs, Colorado at a location near Foote Ave. and Kiowa St.  He was attempting high-frequency, high-voltage experiments, and told reporters that he was sending wireless telegraphs from Pike's Peak to Paris.  

Through his experiments, he also deduced that the resonant frequency of the Earth was approximately 8 hertz (Hz), later called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schumann_resonance">Schumann resonance.</a>  It was also in Colorado Springs that Tesla claimed to be receiving extraterrestrial radio waves from Venus or Mars.

Tesla left Colorado Springs in January of 1900, and his laboratory was dismantled and sold to pay his debts in 1905.

A fictionalized Colorado Springs-era Tesla (played by David Bowie) appears in the 2006 film, <em>The Prestige</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/teslas-colorado-springs-lab/detail-871</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:00:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tesla&#039;s houston st. lab : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/teslas-houston-st-lab</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1891, Nikola Tesla established a laboratory at 46 and 48 E. Houston St.  At the laboratory, he demonstrated the possibilities of wireless power transmission by lighting electric lamps wirelessly.

Tesla also prepared his demonstrations for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago at this location.  Among the responsibilities of lighting the fair with AC power and fluorescent bulbs (created with the collaboration of George Westinghouse), Tesla also created whimsical demonstrations of electrical power like the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec4u4BfS4tE">Egg of Columbus.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/teslas-houston-st-lab/detail-870</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:40:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ nikola tesla museum : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/nikola-tesla-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Established on December 5, 1952, <a href="http://www.tesla-museum.org/meni_en.htm">The Nikola Tesla Museum</a> is a repository of Tesla's original documents (about 160,000 of them), books and journals, historic technical exhibits, photographs, plans and drawings.

The museum received the bulk of the estate when an American court awarded the belongings to Mr. Sava Kosanovic, Tesla's nephew, as the only rightful heir.  In 1951, there were brought to Belgrade in accordance with Tesla's will.

Tesla's ashes are also in the museum, his created remains enclosed in a gold-plated orb.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/nikola-tesla-museum/detail-869</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:03:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[essex house : donny hathaway]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/donny-hathaway/essex-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Soul singer Donny Hathaway's body was discovered on the sidewalk beneath his fifteenth-floor hotel room of New York's Essex House on the night of January 13, 1979. The glass had been removed from the window of his room and the door was locked from the inside. His death was ruled a suicide.

Hathaway was a songwriter, musician and producer who worked with artists like Curtis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin and the Staple Singers, but he was best known for his duets with Roberta Flack "Where is the Love" and "You've Got a Friend" in the early '70s.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/donny-hathaway/essex-house/detail-868</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:23:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nikola tesla&#039;s hotel room : nikola tesla]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/nikola-teslas-hotel-room</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nikola Tesla, inventor and engineer, lived at The New Yorker Hotel in rooms 3327 and 3328 from 1933-1943.  Although Tesla had enormous contributions to several fields (electronics, radio, wireless communications and more), he had never attempted to exploit his research for financial gain.

After Tesla died in his hotel room on January 7, 1943, the safe in room 3327 with his papers on "Tesla's Death Ray" (a theoretical weaponized form of his research) was broken into and the research papers stolen.  They have never been recovered.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/nikola-tesla/nikola-teslas-hotel-room/detail-867</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:30:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[h.g. wells birthplace : h.g. wells]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hg-wells/hg-wells-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The author of <em>The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds</em>, and <em>The Island of Dr. Moreau</em>, Herbert George (H.G.) Wells was born at Atlas House, 47 High Street, Bromley, in the county of Kent, a small market town, on September 21, 1866.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hg-wells/hg-wells-birthplace/detail-866</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:07:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[whitney houston&#039;s deathplace : whitney houston]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/whitney-houston/whitney-houstons-deathplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Whitney Houston, 48, died on the 4th floor of the Beverly Hilton hotel on February 11, 2012.  Houston and her entourage were at the location for the Grammys on Sunday, February 12.  Paramedics were on the scene for a separate Grammy party, and received a call at 3:43 pm.  Their attempts to resuscitate the pop icon failed, and Houston was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:55 pm.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/whitney-houston/whitney-houstons-deathplace/detail-865</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:53:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sylvia plath&#039;s home : sylvia plath]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/sylvia-plath/sylvia-plaths-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sylvia Plath, the American writer and poet, committed suicide at this location on February 11, 1963.  Plath had asphyxiated from carbon monoxide by putting her head in the oven.  

In 1982, Plath was the first poet to win the Pulitzer Prize posthumously for her poetry book, <em>The Collected Poems.</em>  Her book, <em>The Bell Jar</em>, was originally published under the pseudonym, Victoria Lucas, and was first published a month after her death in 1963.  In 1967, it was published for the first time under her name, and not published in the United States until 1971.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/sylvia-plath/sylvia-plaths-home/detail-864</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:46:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[james dean memorial : james dean]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/james-dean/james-dean-memorial</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Across the street from the post office in the city of Cholame, CA, there is a memorial in tribute to the late actor, James Dean.  Constructed in 1977 in Japan, the structure is a concrete and steel memorial around a ailanthus tree.  

The original Highway 41 and 46 junction where the accident occurred is now a pasture, and the two roadways were realigned to make the intersection safer.  The accident site is about 900 yards east of the memorial.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/james-dean/james-dean-memorial/detail-862</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:54:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[james dean&#039;s grave : james dean]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/james-dean/james-deans-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[James Dean is buried in Park Cemetery outside of Fairmont, IN.  Dean was twenty-four when he was killed in a car accident outside of Cholame, CA.

After his mother died of cancer at the age of nine, his father sent Dean to live with his aunt, Ortense, and her husband, Marcus Winslow.  After graduating from Fairmount High School on May 16, 1949, Dean moved to California to live with his father.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/james-dean/james-deans-grave/detail-861</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:41:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[james dean car accident : james dean]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/james-dean/james-dean-car-accident</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On September 30, 1955, James Dean and his mechanic, Rolf W&uuml;therich, were driving in Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder when they were involved in a head-on collision with a Ford pick-up at the intersections of Highway 41 and 46 outside of Shandon, CA.  W&uuml;therich survived the crash with a broken jaw, but Dean was pronounced DOA at the Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital at 5:59 pm.  His last words were reportedly: "That guy's gotta stop... He'll see us."

In the 2001-2002 California Senate session, a Californian state senator initiated legislation that proclaimed the junction of Highways 41 and 46 as "James Dean Memorial Junction." 

Apparently, the San Andreas fault is near this location as well.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/james-dean/james-dean-car-accident/detail-860</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:25:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the fleapit : pulling]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/pulling/the-fleapit</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the BBC comedy <em>Pulling</em> that aired from 2006-2009, Louise worked at The FleaPit cafe/bar/gallery in London on Columbia Road. The <em>Guardian</em> called Sharon Horgan, who co-wrote the series and plays Donna, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2007/jan/14/comedy.thebestofbritishcomedy">'the funniest woman you've never heard of.'</a> Now you've heard of her.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/pulling/the-fleapit/detail-859</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:53:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cheers beacon hill : cheers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/cheers/cheers-beacon-hill</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Originally called the Bull and Finch Pub, this bar's exterior served as the establishing shots for the sitcom <em>Cheers</em>.  When the owner of the Bull and Finch, Thomas Kershaw, was asked for shooting permission by the production company, he charged them $1.  

In 2002, the bar changed it's name to Cheers Beacon Hill (named for the Beacon Hill neighborhood).  There's another Cheers location (Faneuil Hall) in Boston that has a replica bar, and together the two restaurants pull in millions a year selling <em>Cheers</em> gear.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/cheers/cheers-beacon-hill/detail-857</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:32:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[american gothic house : american gothic, grant wood]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/american-gothic-grant-wood/american-gothic-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This house in Eldon, Iowa was Grant Wood's inspiration for the backdrop of his iconic painting <em>American Gothic</em>. The models for the farmer and his daughter were Wood's dentist and sister. The painting is currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/american-gothic-grant-wood/american-gothic-house/detail-855</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:45:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the carter mansion : charlton heston]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/charlton-heston/the-carter-mansion</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Charlton Heston's boyhood home.
Heston, or John Charles Carter at the time, lived in this area from 1923 - 1933.  He would return for a year after serving in World War II and occasionally visit until 1979.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/charlton-heston/the-carter-mansion/detail-854</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:54:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[marina city : wilco]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/wilco/marina-city</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The corn cob buildings featured on the cover of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot are the towers of Marina City in Chicago.  Marina City is a mixed residential/commercial location.  2010 census data reported 929 residents.  Businesses include the House of Blues, Bin36, a bowling alley and a bank.  
The album's title is derived from The Conet Project, which is also sampled on the track "Poor Places".  
<a href="http://irdial.hyperreal.org/the%20conet%20project/"> Hear Phonetic Alphabet NATO, disc 1, track 4</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/wilco/marina-city/detail-853</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:30:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[291 gallery : alfred stieglitz]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/alfred-stieglitz/291-gallery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On November 24, 1905, the photographer Alfred Stieglitz opened a photography gallery originally known as the "Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession."  

One of the first permanent photo-galleries in New York City, it closed its doors in 1908, reopening later that year as simply "291."  Stieglitz organized some of the first American showings by artists such as Rodin and Matisse.  From this location, he published his legendary photo journal <em>Camera Work</em>, and twelve issues of <em>291</em>.  In June 1917, Stieglitz closed down the 291.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/alfred-stieglitz/291-gallery/detail-852</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:18:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[diane arbus apartment : diane arbus]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/diane-arbus-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[According to the book <em>Hubert's Freaks,</em> Diane Arbus lived at this location while photographing sideshow acts <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/huberts-museum">at Hubert's Museum</a> between 1959 and 1965.  She wrote her address in the contact book of the sideshow's talker, R.C. Lucas, and there are many Arbus photographs from this era <a href="http://www.artvalue.com/auctionresult--arbus-diane-1926-1971-usa-exotic-dancer-seated-in-a-dres-1834267.htm">that have not been released commercially</a> because of the Arbus estate restrictions.

Although Jack Dracula worked at Hubert's, this photo was taken outside of New London, CT, where he was working as a tattoo artist.  Dracula later stated that little of Arbus's description of him in the article "The Full Circle", <em>Harper's Bazaar</em>, November 1961, was true.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/diane-arbus-apartment/detail-851</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:58:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the new school for social research : diane arbus, lisette model]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus-lisette-model/the-new-school-for-social-research</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1951, <a href="http://www.gallery.ca/cybermuse/showcases/model/index_e.jsp">photographer Lisette Model</a> was invited to teach at the New School for Social Research in New York City, where her colleague Berenice Abbott was also teaching photography. 

Model's best known pupil was Diane Arbus, who studied under her in 1957.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus-lisette-model/the-new-school-for-social-research/detail-850</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:44:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hubert&#039;s museum : diane arbus]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/huberts-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Hubert's Museum (or Hubert's Flea Circus, or Hubert's Sideshow) was a year-round, indoor sideshow located in Times Square.  Opened in 1926 and closing in 1965, the entertainment at Hubert's was a mixture of "born freaks" and "made freaks."

By the time that photographer Diane Arbus started hanging out there, the sideshow at Hubert's had been relegated to the seedy basement of the building.  Visitors were shuttled from one act to the next, forced to pay for each unusual curiosity.  

Arbus met many of her photograph subjects here, spending time to get to know them individually.  Eddie Carmel (from Arbus's <em>A Jewish Giant at Home with His Parents in The Bronx, N.Y. 1970)</em> was the World's Tallest Cowboy at Hubert's.  Andy Ratoucheff (from Arbus's <em>Russian midget friends in a living room on 100th Street, N.Y.C., 1963</em>) performed as Andy Potato Chips at Hubert's.  

The "freaks" there were friends- colleagues in the entertainment business who supported each other.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/huberts-museum/detail-849</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:18:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[club 82 : diane arbus]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/club-82</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the basement, downstairs from a simple, nondescript door in the East Village of Manhattan, is Club 82.  From 1958 to 1972, Club 82 was a female-impersonator/drag cabaret that was very popular among the gay community (it still has <a href="http://www.queermusicheritage.us/fem-cl82a.html">its own fan site</a>). The club also attracted celebrities: David Bowie, Lou Reed, Blondie, and the New York Dolls all hung out here.

Diane Arbus frequented Club 82 to take photographs and to meet people she could shoot.  Unlike many of her contemporaries, Arbus did not favor capturing snapshot portraits of her subjects.  She would spend weeks, months, and sometimes years becoming acquainted with her subjects before getting the photo she wanted.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/club-82/detail-848</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:24:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[matt saracen&#039;s house : friday night lights]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/friday-night-lights/matt-saracens-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Home of Dillon Panthers QB1 Matt Saracen from NBC's football drama Friday Night Lights. I would assume someone lives here, so if you visit, be nice.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/friday-night-lights/matt-saracens-house/detail-847</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:42:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[vineland development center : diane arbus]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/vineland-development-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1968 to 1971, the photographer Diane Arbus took a number of photographs at these locations.  The Vineland Development Center and the Vineland Training Center have been providing housing and training for the developmentally disabled and their caretakers since the 1880s.  The facilities have undergone several different name changes (thankfully), and the facility was named the American Institute for Mental Studies, or the "AIMS", when Arbus shot here.

There has been much speculation on the work that Arbus did here.  Initially Arbus considered these photographs to be "lyric and tender and pretty", but by June 1971 she told mentor Lisette Model that she hated them.

Even today, these photographs hover between depicting the beauty of humanity in overcoming adversity, to the dangers of artistic exploitation.  Much like the terminology changes to the institute itself, societal values are constantly shifting.  Only now these people are immortalized.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/vineland-development-center/detail-846</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:38:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[napa state hospital : the cramps]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-cramps/napa-state-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On June 13, 1978, the garage band/psychobilly/goth rock band The Cramps gave a unique free concert for patients at the California State Mental Hospital in Napa, CA. The show was recorded on a Sony Portapak video camera by the San Francisco collective Target Video and later released as <em>Live at Napa State Mental Hospital.</em>

You can <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fat2rswNJ1k&feature=related">watch it here.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-cramps/napa-state-hospital/detail-844</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:57:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sirkus : bj&amp;ouml;rk, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bjork-spike-jonze/sirkus</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bj&ouml;rk gets tired of her cat boyfriend, goes to Iceland's Sirkus bar and sings along with the locals, and this still might not even be Spike Jonze's weirdest video. 

Sirkus, a bar in downtown Reykjavik, was a popular hub for artists and musicians in Iceland until it was demolished in 2008 to make room for hotels, shopping centers and/or parking garages.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvgVsxaqYgA" target="_blank">Watch Bj&ouml;rk dance with a giant cat in "Triumph of the Heart"</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bjork-spike-jonze/sirkus/detail-843</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:35:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[westbeth artists community : diane arbus]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/westbeth-artists-community</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Formerly the headquarters for the Bell Telephone Laboratories, the 13 buildings at this address were transformed into the Westbeth Artists Community in 1968-1970.  Westbeth is one of the first examples of adaptive reuse of an industrial space to residential and artistic use in the United States.  Although applications are no longer being accepted, residents had to meet low- to middle-income requirements, be a practicing artist, and meet the approval of a board.

Diane Arbus lived here, and she taught a photography course here in 1971.  On July 26, 1971, while living at Westbeth, Arbus took her own life by ingesting barbiturates and slashing her wrists with a razor.  Her body was found two days later by artist Martin Israel; Arbus was 48 years old.

Side note:  Vin Diesel also used to live here.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/westbeth-artists-community/detail-842</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:21:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nightingale bar : daft punk, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/daft-punk-spike-jonze/nightingale-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Spike Jonze's music video for Daft Punk's "Da Funk," a story called "Big City Nights" about an anthropomorphized dog, was filmed in New York's East Village. In the last sad shot, Charles the dog is left standing in front of the old Nightingale Bar on 2nd Ave and 13th St. after he doesn't follow the girl on the bus because he doesn't want to abandon his boombox. 

Nightingale's used to be a dive bar. Jam bands like Spin Doctors and Blues Traveler played here early on in their careers, but it's since been remodeled. 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmi60Bd4jSs&amp;ob=av2e" target="_blank">Watch "Big City Nights"</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/daft-punk-spike-jonze/nightingale-bar/detail-841</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:20:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[zen arcade car yard : h&amp;uuml;sker d&amp;uuml;, husker du]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/zen-arcade-car-yard</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The cover of H&uuml;sker D&uuml;'s landmark 1984 album <em>Zen Arcade</em> features a hand-colored photo of a car-crushing yard.  This location is down in the Pig's Eye Lake industrial area (not sure if this is the exact address, but it's close to there).

<em>Zen Arcade</em> was released on SST Records (#027), the artwork was done by Fake Name Graphics, and the photo was taken by M. Peterson.

The album was recorded at <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-minutemen-sublime-black-flag/total-access-recording-studio">Total Access Recording Studio</a> in Redondo Beach, CA with SST producer Spot.  The band recorded 25 tracks, with all but two songs being first takes ("Something I Learned Today" and "Newest Industry"), in 40 hours.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/zen-arcade-car-yard/detail-840</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:38:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[zen arcade church : h&amp;uuml;sker d&amp;uuml;, husker du]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/zen-arcade-church</link>
				<description><![CDATA[H&uuml;sker D&uuml; began work on their double album <em>Zen Arcade</em> in the summer of 1983, immediately after releasing <em>Metal Circus</em>.  Bassist Grant Hart was living in a desanctified church-turned-punk squat in St. Paul, MN.  The other tenants were drifters, runaways and musicians, and everybody was enjoying the particularly good LSD that had made its way there.  The band was reaching their creative peaks at that time, practicing for hours in the church.

The church later became a shelter for at-risk youths and continues to stand today.  If you drive by, you can still see the stained glass windows.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/zen-arcade-church/detail-839</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:18:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[milton building : h&amp;uuml;sker d&amp;uuml;, husker du]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/milton-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Released in October of 1983, The cover of the H&uuml;sker D&uuml; mini-album/EP <em>Metal Circus</em> features a photo of a desk with a Chairman Mao photo and a view out a city window.  The picture was taken looking out of the first floor office window of the Milton Building at this address (next to the Parkside Apartments).


Local history note: the song "Diane" is about the murder of West St. Paul waitress Diane Edwards by serial killer Joseph Ture in 1980.  The song has been covered by several other bands.


See Grant Hart next to the building and different view points of <a href="http://www.thirdav.com/hd_images/msp_sites/milton_bldg.html target=">the location here.</a>
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/milton-building/detail-838</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:15:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cheapo records (former) : h&amp;uuml;sker d&amp;uuml;, husker du]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/cheapo-records-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although no longer at this location, the empty parking (next to the Thai restaurant) is where Cheapo Records used to be, on the edge of the Macalester College campus.  Bob Mould (guitar/vocals) was a student at Macalester, and he would frequent the record store where Grant Hart (drums) worked as a clerk.  Mould and Hart bonded over a shared love of The Ramones.  

Grant Hart and Greg Norton (bass) had met while applying for the record store job that Hart would eventually get.  Although they started the band as a four-piece (with a keyboardist) called Buddy and the Returnables, by the end of March 1979 the band had morphed into a three-piece called H&uuml;sker D&uuml;.  The name is drawn from a board game in the 70s that translates to "Do You Remember?"

To see a picture of Grant Hart pointing to the former location of the cash register at Cheapo, <a href="http://www.thirdav.com/hd_images/msp_sites/ex-cheapo.html" target="_blank">click here.</a>

Cheapo Records is still around, only now it's up the road on Snelling.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/husker-du-husker-du/cheapo-records-former/detail-837</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:28:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[arbus photography studio : diane arbus]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/arbus-photography-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Diane and Allan Arbus's studio and living quarters were located at this address on the Upper East Side.  The Arbus's professional partnership ended in 1956, when Diane quit the business; the couple formally separated three years later.

Their neighbor and friend was Robert Brown, an actor from the TV show <em>Here Come the Brides</em>.  Allan Arbus changed careers later in life, becoming an actor.  Among numerous other roles, he was the recurring character Dr. Sidney Friedman on <em>M*A*S*H</em>.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/arbus-photography-studio/detail-836</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:44:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[russek&#039;s department store : diane arbus]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/russeks-department-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The parents of Diane Arbus, David Nemerov and Gertrude Russek Nemerov, owned Russek's Department Store at this location.  Specializing in fur and women's clothing, Russek's slogan was "An Institution of Paris Fashions."

Diane met Allan Arbus, who worked as a photographer in the marketing department of the store, when she was thirteen.  In 1941, Diane and Allan Arbus were married (Diane was eighteen years old at the time). 

The couple had two children together (Doon, 1945 and Amy, 1954).  Diane and Allan Arbus separated in 1958, and they were divorced in 1969.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/russeks-department-store/detail-835</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:31:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ethical culture fieldston school : diane arbus]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/ethical-culture-fieldston-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The American photographer Diane Arbus was born as Diane Nemerov to David Nemerov and Gertrude Russek Nemerov on March 14, 1923.  The Nemerovs were a wealthy Jewish couple who lived in New York City and owned Russek's, a women's clothing store on Fifth Avenue.

Diane attended the Fieldston School for Ethical Culture (also called Fieldston), an Ivy League prep school located adjacent to Central Park in Manhattan.  

Fieldston's curriculum focuses on the pursuit of social justice, racial equality, and intellectual freedom.  The school and the affiliated Ethical Culture Society have been havens for secular Jews who rejected the mysticism and rituals of Judaism, but accepted many of its ethical teachings.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/ethical-culture-fieldston-school/detail-834</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:15:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[las vegas hilton casino : beastie boys, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-spike-jonze/las-vegas-hilton-casino</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Some of the "Sure Shot" music video was shot in and around the Las Vegas Hilton Casino when the Beastie Boys were in Las Vegas for Lollapalooza in the summer of '94. They don't allow recording inside the casino, but Spike Jonze carried the camera inside and captured that footage on the sly. Don't tell.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhqyZeUlE8U&amp;ob=av2e" target="_blank">Watch "Sure Shot"</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-spike-jonze/las-vegas-hilton-casino/detail-833</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:10:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pulitzer fountain : dinosaur jr., spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dinosaur-jr-spike-jonze/pulitzer-fountain</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Pulitzer Fountain in Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza serves as a water hazard in the round of golf that J Mascis and then bassist Mike Johnson of Dinosaur Jr. play in New York in their music video for "Feel the Pain" (directed by Spike Jonze).

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQZmrdwK7YM" target="_blank">Watch "Feel the Pain"</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dinosaur-jr-spike-jonze/pulitzer-fountain/detail-832</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:31:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[goodyear : bj&amp;ouml;rk, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bjork-spike-jonze/goodyear</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bj&ouml;rk dances in and out of this San Fernando, California Goodyear tire shop in the music video Spike Jonze directed for "It's Oh So Quiet." According to Bj&ouml;rk, that's Ernie from Sesame Street inside the dancing mailbox, but Bj&ouml;rk is from Iceland, so take that with a grain of salt.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMbEge4BQQU&amp;feature=fvwrel" target="_blank">Watch "It's Oh So Quiet"</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bjork-spike-jonze/goodyear/detail-831</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:31:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hot dog on a stick : that dog., spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/that-dog-spike-jonze/hot-dog-on-a-stick</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles band that dog. plays in and around the Hot Dog on a Stick by the Santa Monica pier in the video Spike Jonze directed for "Old Timer."

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glDFPjrolx0" target="_blank">Watch "Old Timer"</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/that-dog-spike-jonze/hot-dog-on-a-stick/detail-830</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:18:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[alley from &amp;quot;novocaine for the soul&amp;quot;  : eels, mark romanek ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eels-mark-romanek/alley-from-novocaine-for-the-soul</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The black and white music video for Eels hit single "Novocaine for the Soul", directed by Mark Romanek in 1996, shows the band levitating while they play in an alley behind the Family Pants clothing store in Los Angeles.

Lead singer Mark Everett's father 'was Hugh Everett, a physicist who ï»¿pioneered the concept that quantum fluctuations create splits in reality, resulting in a Level II multiverse containing parallel universes which account for every quantum possibility...' or at least that's what I read in the comments for the video on youtube.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=V2yy141q8HQ">Watch "Novocaine For The Soul"</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eels-mark-romanek/alley-from-novocaine-for-the-soul/detail-829</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:19:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[burlington bay campground : zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, robert pirsig]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-robert-pirsig/burlington-bay-campground</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the early spring of 1972, Robert Pirsig wrote the final five chapters of <em>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</em> in a two month period. To avoid interruptions he acquired a camper and drove it to a commercial campground that was closed for the winter on the north shore of Lake Superior.  He lived and worked in the camper, working while there was natural sunlight because lights in the camper weren't adequate. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-robert-pirsig/burlington-bay-campground/detail-828</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:55:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the blake school : zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, robert pirsig]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-robert-pirsig/the-blake-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Established in 1900, the Blake School is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian PK-12 college preparatory school.  It is consistently ranked as one of the ten best day schools in the country.

In 1936, Robert Pirsig received a scholarship to the Blake School.  While at this school, his IQ tested at 170 when he was 9 1/2 years old (a 1 in 50,000 result).

Prior to attending the Blake School, Pirsig had been accelerated from kindergarten to second grade.  This obviously caused friction with his classmates- he was bullied, forced to write with his right hand (although left-handed), and he developed a stammer.  Entrance to the Blake School allowed Pirsig to develop at his own pace, and he quickly accelerated to attend the University of Minnesota High School at the age of 10.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-robert-pirsig/the-blake-school/detail-827</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:31:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[corner of glendale and edenhurst : x, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/x-spike-jonze/corner-of-glendale-and-edenhurst</link>
				<description><![CDATA[One of Spike Jonze's earliest music videos for the song "Country at War" by the LA punk rock band X features them performing outside on the corner of Glendale Boulevard and Edenhurst in Los Angeles, California in front of what is now a thrift store. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/x-spike-jonze/corner-of-glendale-and-edenhurst/detail-826</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:04:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[shinjuku station : elastica, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elastica-spike-jonze/shinjuku-station</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The video for "Car Song" by the Britpop band Elastica, filmed in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, is a cross between <a href="/locations/movies/ghostbusters">Ghostbusters</a> and <a href="/locations/movies/blade-runner">Blade Runner</a> with some Godzilla tossed in for the hell of it. The band's ghost chase leads them down into Shinjuku station, the busiest train station in the world and also where the Beastie Boys take it to another dimension in their video for "Intergalactic."

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djjw3BKUV28&amp;ob=av2e" target="_blank">Watch "Car Song" directed by Spike Jonze</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elastica-spike-jonze/shinjuku-station/detail-825</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:31:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[washington square park : diane arbus]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/washington-square-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[One summer, the photographer Diane Arbus spent her time working in Washington Square Park.  It was here in 1965 that she shot, "A young man and his pregnant wife in Washington Square Park, NY," among several others.  

Upon recalling her interactions in the park, Arbus said the following:

"And there were these territories staked out. There were young hippie junkies down one row, lesbians down another&mdash;really tough, amazingly hardcore lesbians&mdash;and in the middle were winos. They were like the first echelon, and the girls who came from the Bronx to become hippies would have to sleep with the winos to get to sit on the other part with the junkie hippies. It was really remarkable and I found it very scary. I mean, I could become a million things, but I could never become that."

Hear Arbus tell the story <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC12FgLLYqU&amp;feature=related">in her own voice here.</a>
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/diane-arbus/washington-square-park/detail-824</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:06:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[robert neville&#039;s home : i am legend]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/i-am-legend/robert-nevilles-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This address was the exterior for Robert Neville's (Will Smith) townhouse in the 2007 post-apocalyptic film <em>I am Legend</em>.  The park directly across the street is also featured in the film, especially the Washington Square Park Arch.

<em>I am Legend</em> is the third remake of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel of the same name.  The other films based on this book include 1964's <em>The Last Man on Earth</em> (starring Vincent Price) and 1971's <em>The Omega Man</em> starring Charlton Heston).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/i-am-legend/robert-nevilles-home/detail-823</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:56:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[marcy avenue amory : i am legend (2007)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/i-am-legend-2007/marcy-avenue-amory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The interiors of Robert Neville's (Will Smith) apartment were shot at this location for the 2007 post-apocalyptic film <em>I am Legend.</em>

The films <em>Sherlock Holmes, 28 Days Later</em> and <em>Meet the Parents</em> also shot at Marcy Avenue Amory.

In <em>I am Legend</em>, Will Smith fights zombies with his cunning, his German Shepherd, and his pull-ups strength. Singer <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/music/mike-patton-mr-bungle/eureka-high-school">Mike Patton</a> provided the guttural screams of the infected "hemocytes." ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/i-am-legend-2007/marcy-avenue-amory/detail-822</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:34:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[xavier&#039;s school for gifted youngsters : x-men]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/x-men/xaviers-school-for-gifted-youngsters</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This address is the fictional location of the X-Mansion (a.k.a Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, formerly Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters).  

Originally in the Xavier family for 10 generations, Prof. Charles Xavier opened it as a school/training facility for mutants.  The X-Mansion has taken on several different names and roles throughout the years, but the tenants are usually mutants doing mutant stuff.

Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, The X-Mansion first appeared with the X-Men in <em>X-Men #1</em> (Sept. 1963).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/x-men/xaviers-school-for-gifted-youngsters/detail-821</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:11:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sanctum sanctorum : dr. strange]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/dr-strange/sanctum-sanctorum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This address is the fictional location of Dr. Stephen Strange's lair, the Sanctum Sanctorum.  The three-story brownstone in Greenwich Village is home to Strange and his manservant, Wong, as well part-time residents Clea (Strange's lover/apprentice) and apprentice sorcerer Rintrah.

The building has served as headquarters for both the New Avengers and the Defenders.  The second floor are sleeping quarters for Strange, Wong, and guests.  The third floor is the Sanctum Sanctorum specifically- Dr. Strange's occult library housing the <em>Book of Vishanti</em> and the <em>Orb of Agamotto.<em>

The Sanctum Sanctorum first appeared with Doctor Strange in his debut in Strange Tales #110 (July 1963).</em></em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/dr-strange/sanctum-sanctorum/detail-820</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bill murray stepped here : groundhog day]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/groundhog-day/bill-murray-stepped-here</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the Woodstock, Illinois town square, a plaque reading "Bill Murray stepped here" marks the spot where Bill Murray repeatedly stepped in the puddle trying to get away from Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/groundhog-day/bill-murray-stepped-here/detail-819</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:35:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ned&#039;s corner : groundhog day]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/groundhog-day/neds-corner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Woodstock, Illinois where Groundhog Day was filmed, there is a plaque in the town square commemorating "Ned's Corner" where Bill Murray runs into Ned Ryerson day after day after day. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/groundhog-day/neds-corner/detail-818</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:34:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[los angeles marriott downtown : fatboy slim, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/fatboy-slim-spike-jonze/los-angeles-marriott-downtown</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Fatboy Slim video for "Weapon of Choice," featuring a then 57 year old Christopher Walken dancing and flying around a hotel lobby, was filmed at the Downtown Los Angeles Marriott on South Figueroa Street. The video, directed by Spike Jonze, won six MTV video music awards in 2001 including Best Choreography and Best Direction. 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ7z57qrZU8&amp;ob=av2n" target="_blank">Watch Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice"</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/fatboy-slim-spike-jonze/los-angeles-marriott-downtown/detail-817</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:24:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[corner of sunset boulevard and gardner : wax, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/wax-spike-jonze/corner-of-sunset-boulevard-and-gardner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The burning man in the Spike Jonze video for Wax's "California" hauls ass (in slo-mo) down Gardner Street in Los Angeles before rounding the corner onto Sunset Boulevard heading west. The video was banned from daytime airplay on MTV.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX6dNokdggw" target="_blank">Watch the video for "California"</a> ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/wax-spike-jonze/corner-of-sunset-boulevard-and-gardner/detail-816</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:54:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mcnamara alumni center : antoine predock, kke architects]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/antoine-predock-kke-architects/mcnamara-alumni-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located on the same campus as the <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-gehry/weisman-art-museum">Weisman Art Museum</a>, the McNamara Alumni Center is another example of eye-catching modern architecture.  Designed by the New Mexico-based architect Antoine Predock (and named after an alumnus who donated $3 million towards its construction), the rounded, angular McNamara is intended to resemble a giant, granite-sheathed geode.  Irregular windows and large slits of glass penetrate the exterior of the Great Lump of Oak St.

Inside McNamara is Memorial Hall, an 85-foot high behemoth of a room, with a processional arch from the previous property's tenant (Memorial Stadium, 1924) displayed inside.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/antoine-predock-kke-architects/mcnamara-alumni-center/detail-815</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:44:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[robert pirsig&#039;s home (former) : zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, robert pirsig]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-robert-pirsig/robert-pirsigs-home-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1966, Robert Pirsig moved to this address in St. Paul with this wife, Nancy, and son, Ted.  A year later, Pirsig began a series of lighthearted essays that would transform into his best-selling book, <em>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.</em>  Pirsig lived at this home as he wrote the book <a href="http://popturf.com/locations/literature/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance/roberts-shoes">at his office during the early hours of the morning.</a>

In a 1974 interview,  Nancy Pirsig talked of how the entire family was practicing Zen Buddhism.  Every morning, rising early, they would start the day together in their dining room, moving the furniture and meditating on cushions in silence.  Afterward, they would have tea, talk, and go for a long walk along the river near their home. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-robert-pirsig/robert-pirsigs-home-former/detail-814</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:44:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[minnesota zen meditation center : zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, robert pirsig]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-robert-pirsig/minnesota-zen-meditation-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located across the street from Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center was formed in 1972 by founder Dainin Katagiri Roshi.

At that time, Robert Pirsig had been studying zen meditation, and in 1973 he became a board member and vice-president at the incorporation of the new Minnesota Zen Meditation Center.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-robert-pirsig/minnesota-zen-meditation-center/detail-813</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:18:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[robert&#039;s shoes : zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance/roberts-shoes</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Robert Pirsig wrote the majority of <em>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle</em> while working at his office at Century Publications above Robert's Shoes.  He was employed as a technical writer for Honeywell.  He would go to sleep at 6pm, then wake to write from 2am to 6am before work.  The book combines a discourse on the metaphysics of quality, an examination of America's mainstream/counterculture split and a "real" haunting of personal madness. 

<em>ZAMM</em> was published in 1974, after being rejected 121 times (a Guinness World Record for a best-selling book).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance/roberts-shoes/detail-812</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fasbender clinic : frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/fasbender-clinic</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Completed two months after Wright's death in 1959, the Fasbender Clinic was created for Dr. Fasbender, Jr.'s medical practice.  The building is a unique blend of complex polygonal shapes, a stylization that became known as Wright's "inward house period."  The sloping copper roof enshrouds the light brown utilitarian exterior. 


The Fasbender Clinic is one of thirteen FLW designs that were constructed in Minnesota.  The building is now owned and operated out of by Edward Jones Investments.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/fasbender-clinic/detail-811</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:17:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the donald lovness house : frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/the-donald-lovness-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1957 on a 20-acre plot overlooking a lake, the Donald and Virginia Lovness home incorporates many elements of Wright's Usonian building practices, as well as extensive interior furnishings designed by the architect.  

Constructed of Wisconsin dolomite stone and Fir wood, the home is now called the "Studio."  This is to differentiate it from the "Cottage" that FLW left plans for, completed just a few yards away in the late 1970's. Wright also left plans for three additional cottages.

Today the property is up for sale, now priced just under $2 million.  

<a href="http://www.luxist.com/2007/07/18/lovness-estate-estate-of-the-day/">Several photos can be viewed here.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/the-donald-lovness-house/detail-810</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:01:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woman&#039;s club of minneapolis : the jayhawks, mike doughty]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-jayhawks-mike-doughty/womans-club-of-minneapolis</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1907 by some of the city's wealthiest women, the <a href="http://www.womansclub.org/Club/Scripts/Home/home.asp">Woman's Club of Minneapolis</a> is a membership-driven facility with the stated purpose of growing a "group of community leaders, business owners and professionals who use the facility for meetings and entertaining."  It's weekly programs have attracted luminaries such as Helen Keller and Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Jayhawks performed in the theater here on April 26, 2002, and their live albums <em>Live from the Women's (sic) Club 1 &amp; 2</em> were released as an "official bootleg."  Mike Doughty (of Soul Coughing) recorded a performance on February 27, 2002 here as well, releasing it as <em>Smofe + Smang: Live in Minneapolis.</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-jayhawks-mike-doughty/womans-club-of-minneapolis/detail-809</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:35:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gaslight square : miles davis, barbra streisand, lenny bruce]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/miles-davis-barbra-streisand-lenny-bruce/gaslight-square</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Gaslight Square was an entertainment district in St. Louis that thrived from the mid-1950s through the '60s. Over three dozen establishments in the area around Olive and Boyle Streets were home to the bohemian culture of the time. The area featured Dixieland jazz, ragtime and cabaret. Some of the legendary performers that made their way through Gaslight Square include Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, The Smothers Brothers, George Carlin, Miles Davis and Barbra Streisand among others.

Someone told me about this when I lived in St. Louis ten years ago, and I had a hard time believing anything of the sort existed where at the time there were just decrepit, abandoned buildings and vacant lots. I think very little of the original architecture still exists, but development has picked up in the area and there are now condos and residential houses.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/miles-davis-barbra-streisand-lenny-bruce/gaslight-square/detail-808</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:16:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[orange twin conservation community : elf power, orange twin records]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elf-power-orange-twin-records/orange-twin-conservation-community</link>
				<description><![CDATA[About 5 miles north of Athens, GA, at a former girl scout camp between two perennial streams, is the home of the Orange Twin Conservation Community, a pedestrian-based eco-village built on 150 acres (with a 100 acres set aside for preservation).  

The <a href="http://www.orangetwin.com/village/index.html">Orange Twin Community</a> has stated goals of living "with each other and all forms of life...in a way that is respectful, considerate, and open to growth" and to "support each other, to encourage creativity and dreams, and to share our discoveries."

Laura Carter of Elf Power is one of the founders and sustaining members of the community.  Orange Twin Records is also run out of this community, putting out records by the likes of Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, the Gerbils, Elyse, and Jack Logan.

The Orange Twin Community has seen performances by Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Elf Power, Jeff Mangum, and several others.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elf-power-orange-twin-records/orange-twin-conservation-community/detail-807</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:06:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dome village : beastie boys, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-spike-jonze/dome-village</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Parts of Spike Jonze's video for "Sure Shot" by the Beastie Boys were filmed among the igloo-like domes of Dome Village in downtown Los Angeles. 

Dome Village was founded in 1993 to provide non-traditional housing for homeless people. The fiberglass geodesic domes were designed by Craig Chamberlain, a former student of <a href="/locations/art-and-design/buckminster-fuller">Buckminster Fuller</a>. Each unit cost $10,000 and could house up to 34 tenants. The residents were evicted and the domes auctioned off in 2006 when the property owner raised the rent on the land where the domes were set up.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhqyZeUlE8U&amp;ob=av2e" target="_blank">Beastie Boys - "Sure Shot"</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys-spike-jonze/dome-village/detail-806</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:47:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[independence hall : ween, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween-spike-jonze/independence-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Gene and Dean Ween try to steal the Liberty Bell from Independence Hall in Spike Jonze's video for "Freedom of '76."

FYI Mannequin was filmed at Philadelphia's <a href="/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/wanamakers-department-store">Wanamaker's</a> department store not Woolworth's. Apparently Ween knew this when they wrote the song, but Woolworth's sounded better.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween-spike-jonze/independence-hall/detail-805</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:41:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lincoln trap &amp;amp; skeet club : yes man]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/yes-man/lincoln-trap-skeet-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Carl (Jim Carrey) and Allison (Zooey Deschanel) visit Lincoln, NE on a spontaneous trip and decide to go skeet-shooting at RJ's Skeet & Shoot (real name: Lincoln Trap & Skeet Club).
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/yes-man/lincoln-trap-skeet-club/detail-804</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:33:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[frank h. woods telephone museum : yes man]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/yes-man/frank-h-woods-telephone-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Carl (Jim Carrey) and Allison (Zooey Deschanel) decide to visit the <a href="http://www.woodstelephonepioneers.org/museum/">Frank H. Woods Telephone Musuem</a> when they take a spontaneous trip to Lincoln, NE.

<em>Yes Man</em> is the story of a man who is mysteriously compelled to say yes to everything. It's not to be confused with <em>Liar Liar</em>, where a man is mysteriously compelled to tell the truth all the time (also starring Jim Carrey). ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/yes-man/frank-h-woods-telephone-museum/detail-803</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:29:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paul olfelt house : frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/paul-olfelt-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Designed in 1958 by Frank Lloyd Wright, this home was built for Paul Olfelt and his family.  As of 2011, Olfelt continues to own the home.  While Wright died in 1959, the construction was carried out and completed in 1960 by Taliesin Architects.  As of now, the home is not on the National Register of Historic Places, but there is a file at the Minnesota State Preservation Office. 

The house features a dramatic carport that nearly touches the ground, drawing a line towards the entrance.  The home is often characterized as a small home built into a hillside.  View a picture of <a href="http://www.dgunning.org/architecture/Minn/olfelt.htm">the home here.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/paul-olfelt-house/detail-802</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:07:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lindholm service station : frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/lindholm-service-station</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The R.W. Lindholm Service Station (currently known as Best Service) in Cloquet, MN was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.  The concept of the design was intended to fit into Wright's larger <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadacre_City">Broadacre City project</a>, a Utopian vision of a decentralized American landscape.  This gas station remains the only one ever designed by Wright.

Constructed in 1956 (the same year as the Guggenheim Museum), the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 1985.  Today, it is <a href="http://www.savewright.org/index.php?page=33&amp;id=72">on the market for sale.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/lindholm-service-station/detail-801</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:44:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[zuccotti park : jeff mangum, neutral milk hotel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jeff-mangum-neutral-milk-hotel/zuccotti-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On October 4, 2011, Jeff Magnum made an impromptu appearance at the Occupy Wall Street protest at Zuccotti Park, <a href="http://agreatbigcity.com/jeff-mangum-of-neutral-milk-hotel-performs-in-zuccotti-park-at-occupy-wall-street">playing several Neutral Milk Hotel songs</a> for a cheering and singing audience.

The park is privately owned by Brookfield Properties and is named after company chairman, John Zuccotti.  The park used to be named Liberty Plaza Park.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jeff-mangum-neutral-milk-hotel/zuccotti-park/detail-800</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:45:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bruin theatre : fatboy slim, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/fatboy-slim-spike-jonze/bruin-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The video for Fatboy Slim's "Praise You", directed by Spike Jonze, was filmed here in the lobby of the Bruin Theatre in Los Angeles. Spike Jonze as Richard Koufey along with The Torrance Community Dance Group dance to the song playing from a boombox as people wait in line to buy tickets.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex1qzIggZnA" target="_blank">Fatboy Slim - "Praise You"</a> ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/fatboy-slim-spike-jonze/bruin-theatre/detail-799</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:01:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[alleyway in pharcyde&#039;s &amp;quot;drop&amp;quot; video : the pharcyde, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pharcyde-spike-jonze/alleyway-in-pharcydes-drop-video</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In their video for "Drop", The Pharcyde ended their walk through downtown Los Angeles in an alleyway between the Chester Williams Building and what is now the CB1 Gallery across from the <a href="/locations/movies/seven/alexandria-hotel">Alexandria Hotel</a>. Director Spike Jonze filmed them walking backwards starting here, continuing down <a href="/locations/music/the-pharcyde-spike-jonze/los-angeles-theatre">South Broadway</a> and ending at <a href="/locations/music/the-pharcyde-spike-jonze/st-vincent-court">St. Vincent Court</a>. The video was reversed and plays in the opposite order. 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-DX8BfCDio&amp;hd=1" target="_blank">Pharcyde - "Drop" directed by Spike Jonze </a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pharcyde-spike-jonze/alleyway-in-pharcydes-drop-video/detail-798</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:36:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[los angeles theatre : the pharcyde, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pharcyde-spike-jonze/los-angeles-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Pharcyde continue their backwards/forwards walk through downtown Los Angeles in the Spike Jonze-directed video for "Drop" passing the Los Angeles Theatre on South Broadway. Ad Rock and Mike D from the Beastie Boys have cameos. 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-DX8BfCDio&amp;hd=1" target="_blank">Pharcyde - "Drop" directed by Spike Jonze </a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pharcyde-spike-jonze/los-angeles-theatre/detail-797</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:32:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st. vincent court : the pharcyde, spike jonze]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pharcyde-spike-jonze/st-vincent-court</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the Spike Jonze-directed video for "Drop", The Pharcyde started (or ended depending on how you look at it) their walk through Los Angeles at St. Vincent Court. The video was filmed with them walking backwards and then it was reversed. 

St. Vincent Court is a downtown back alley that is now home to a number of storefronts and restaurants. It has been described as charming, but you wouldn't know that from the 1996 video where the alley is mostly deserted. 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-DX8BfCDio&amp;hd=1" target="_blank">Pharcyde - "Drop" directed by Spike Jonze </a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pharcyde-spike-jonze/st-vincent-court/detail-796</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:30:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fantoft stave church : varg vikernes, burzum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/varg-vikernes-burzum/fantoft-stave-church</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh), a Norwegian black metaller, church burner and convicted murderer, was strongly believed to have set fire to the Fantoft Stave Church in Norway in 1992 during a string of church burnings in Norway that year. He put a photo of the burnt church on the cover of the album Aske from his band Burzum in 1993. 

The church dated back to the 12th century. After the fire, construction started on an exact copy of the building and it was completed in 1997.

You can find out more about the Norwegian black metal scene in the fascinating documentary <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IZO2S4/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=popturf-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004IZO2S4">Until the Light Takes Us</a>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/varg-vikernes-burzum/fantoft-stave-church/detail-795</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:05:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the neils house : frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/the-neils-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1949, Frieda and Henry J. Neils approached Frank Lloyd Wright about building a new home adjacent to their property overlooking Cedar Lake in Minneapolis.  Henry Neils was a stone and architectural materials supplier, and insisted on marble walls in the interior and aluminum window frames (which was a departure from Wright's usual style).

The house was designed in Wright's later <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usonia">Usonian style</a>, with a stated goal of "affordable, beautiful housing for a democratic America."  Accordingly, the house is separated into "quiet" and "active" areas.  

The property is currently privately owned by heirs to the Neils family.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/the-neils-house/detail-794</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:42:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the willey house : frank lloyd wright]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/the-willey-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In June 1932, Nancy Willey sent a letter to Frank Lloyd Wright, asking him to provide the Willey family with a "creation of art" for a budget of about $8,000.  Wright responded with a design he dubbed "Gardenwall."  Built in 1934, the house originally had panoramic views of the Mississippi River (before the construction of I-94).  

Constructed primary of red brick and cypress wood, the Willey House (as it is more commonly known) features a departure in the compartmentalized designs of Wright's earlier work.  Mrs. Willey needed a clear view from the kitchen to the rest of the home to watch the children.  

The house can be viewed as a bridge between Wright's earlier Prairie School work to his later Usonian styles.

The house is currently privately owned, and the views from the street are partially obstructed.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright/the-willey-house/detail-793</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:11:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[avery island : neutral milk hotel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/neutral-milk-hotel/avery-island</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The 1996 album <em>On Avery Island</em> by the band Neutral Milk Hotel refers to this location.  Avery Island is the home of the McIlhenny Company headquarters (manufacturers of Tabasco sauce).  Jeff Mangum and several members of the Elephant 6 collective went to high school in Ruston, Louisiana.

Avery Island is an example of a salt dome island, a type of structural dome formed when a thick bed of evaporite minerals (mainly salt, or halite) found at depth intrudes vertically into surrounding rock strata, forming a diapir (a type of intrusion).  Even though this island is no longer surrounded by ocean, it is currently surrounded by bayou...so now you know.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/neutral-milk-hotel/avery-island/detail-792</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:23:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pet sounds studio : neutral milk hotel, the apples in stereo]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/neutral-milk-hotel-the-apples-in-stereo/pet-sounds-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Pet Sounds Recording Studio (sometimes called Pet Sounds Studio or Pet Sounds, after the Beach Boys' album of the same name) was a recording studio orginally located Denver, Colorado.  Founded by Robert Schneider of The Apples in Stereo and Jim McIntyre of Von Hemmling, several Elephant 6 albums were recorded in the studio, including the critically acclaimed Neutral Milk Hotel album <em>In the Aeroplane Over the Sea</em> and several The Apples in Stereo albums.

Pet Sounds Studio is sometimes referred to as <a href="http://www.elephant6.com/about.html">The Elephant 6 Recording Company</a> in the liner notes of albums from bands within the Elephant 6 collective (a group of like-minded musicians creating independent music).  Several of the musicians are also involved with the <a href="http://www.orangetwin.com/labelartists.html">Orange Twin Records label.</a>

The house that the studio was located in was demolished in 1999.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/neutral-milk-hotel-the-apples-in-stereo/pet-sounds-studio/detail-791</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:55:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pepper&#039;s pizza : superchunk]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/superchunk/peppers-pizza</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Mac McCaughan got a job at Pepper's Pizza in Chapel Hill in 1987 when he returned to North Carolina from New York during the break between his sophomore and junior years at Columbia University. Laura Ballance worked there, and they began dating. She started playing bass in several of Mac's bands, one of which would go on to become Superchunk.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/superchunk/peppers-pizza/detail-790</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:01:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bar veloso : antonio carlos jobim; vin&amp;iacute;cius de moraes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/antonio-carlos-jobim-vinicius-de-moraes/bar-veloso</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1962, the songwriters would see 17-year-old Helo&iacute;sa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto walk by this bar and occasionally stop in to buy cigarettes for her mother, inspiring the quintessential song of both Bossa Nova and Elevator Music, The Girl from Ipanema.  
The street would be renamed for the lyricist.  The bar would be renamed for the song.  
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/antonio-carlos-jobim-vinicius-de-moraes/bar-veloso/detail-789</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:39:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[yesterdog : american pie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/american-pie/yesterdog</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Dog Years Diner in the movie is based on this Grand Rapids location, frequented by Adam Herz as a high school student.  

Bring cash. 
And coins for tips.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/american-pie/yesterdog/detail-788</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:54:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the colbert report studio : the colbert report]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-colbert-report/the-colbert-report-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Comedy Central's <em>The Colbert Report</em> debuted on October 17, 2005.  In the show, the eponymous character, Stephen Colbert, is a self-aggrandizing buffoon who doesn't let facts get in the way of his "truthiness."  The concept initially pitched was simply one line: "our version of The O'Reilly Factor with Stephen Colbert."

Since the show's debut, Colbert's persistent quest to feed his character's ego has succeeded in many different fields.  Among the numerous honors, he now has a spider named after him (Aptostichus stephencolberti), a treadmill on the International Space Station is called the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT), and an OHL team mascot (Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle).  

Colbert's own titles have grown with an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Knox College and a knighthood from Queen Noor of Jordan.  Current production title: Sir Dr. Stephen T. Colbert D.F.A.  The show currently tapes at NEP Studio 54 at this address.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-colbert-report/the-colbert-report-studio/detail-787</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:28:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[old town bar : house of pain]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/house-of-pain/old-town-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Old Town Bar and Restaurant is one of the oldest bars in New York City. House of Pain jumped around in here in their video for "Jump Around" in 1992.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/house-of-pain/old-town-bar/detail-786</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:13:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the daily show studio : the daily show]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-daily-show/the-daily-show-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The first <em>The Daily Show</em> aired on July 21, 1996.  Created by Lizz Winstead and Madeleine Smithberg for Comedy Central, the original host was Craig Kilborn.  The show's initial focus was focusing on human-interest stories and generally mocking hapless people.  

In January 1999, Jon Stewart took over as host, and the show's focus shifted to satirical news.  With the addition of key writers recruited from <em>The Onion</em>, <em>The Daily Show</em> became adept at skewering politics and traditional media with razor-sharp satire.  Since 2000, <em>The Daily Show</em> has received 16 Emmys and 2 Peabodys.  While the show's mantra insists that they provide "entertainment through fake news", the dedication to integrity (even if comedically) has given the show an air of credibility that few serious television journalistic outlets have replicated.

<em>The Daily Show</em> currently tapes at NEP Studio 52 at this address most Mondays through Thursdays.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-daily-show/the-daily-show-studio/detail-785</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:13:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eureka high school : mike patton, mr. bungle]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/mike-patton-mr-bungle/eureka-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle, Faith No More and myriad other bands) attended Eureka High School in California in the mid '80s. Mr. Bungle was formed with his classmates Trey Spruance (guitar), Trevor Dunn (bass) and Jed Watts (drums).

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e12iKth6Vkw">Here is a video of Mr. Bungle</a> at their high school talent show in 1985, playing under the name Bister Mungle.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/mike-patton-mr-bungle/eureka-high-school/detail-784</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:11:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[banksy&#039;s umbrella girl : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/banksys-umbrella-girl</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Banksy's umbrella girl was put up in 2008 around the anniversary of Katrina on the side of the drop-in center on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec in New Orleans. As far as I know, this one still exists, protected by a sheet of plexiglass. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/banksys-umbrella-girl/detail-783</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:08:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[minneapolis sculpture garden : alexander calder, frank gehry]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/alexander-calder-frank-gehry/minneapolis-sculpture-garden</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located across the street from the Walker Art Center, the 11-acre<a href="http://garden.walkerart.org/index.wac"> Minneapolis Sculpture Garden</a> was opened in 1988 in cooperation with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.  The sculptures are laid out in a grid system, with wide walking paths and landscaping intended to encapsulate and display the individuals works.

The most prominent piece is the <em>Spoonbridge and Cherry</em>, created by Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen from 1985-1988.  This work has become iconically associated with Minneapolis.  There are numerous artists represented here, including works by Alexander Calder (<em>Octopus</em>, 1964, <em>The Spinner</em>, 1966) and Frank Gehry (<em>Standing Glass Fish</em>, 1986).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/alexander-calder-frank-gehry/minneapolis-sculpture-garden/detail-782</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:53:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[walker art center : jacques herzog and pierre de meuron]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/jacques-herzog-and-pierre-de-meuron/walker-art-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Walker Art Center is considered one of the top modern art museums in the nation.  Originally founded by local lumberman Thomas Walker at the current location in 1927, it was the first public art gallery in the Upper Midwest.

The current Walker building was designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes in 1971.  Barnes studied in the Bahaus minimalist-style of high modernism.  The building's unexciting exterior is outweighed by the interior functionality of several art galleries spiraling around a central core.

The new addition to the Walker was done in 2006 by the Swiss team of Herzog and de Meuron.  The boxy, irregularly-shaped structure is coated with embossed aluminum mesh panels.  The exterior skin and general shape of the addition evokes an image of an enormous robot head preparing to devour Hennepin Ave.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/jacques-herzog-and-pierre-de-meuron/walker-art-center/detail-781</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:31:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[minneapolis public library (downtown branch) : c&amp;eacute;sar pelli]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/cesar-pelli/minneapolis-public-library-downtown-branch</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Completed in 2006, the downtown branch of the Minneapolis Public Library is part of the collection of modern architecture superstars in Minneapolis.  Designed by C&eacute;sar Pelli and the Architectural Alliance of Minneapolis, the library boasts an abundance of natural daylight, a 5-story tall atrium as you enter, a rooftop garden, and a protuberance that I can only assume is intended to elicit thoughts of suicide or flight.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/cesar-pelli/minneapolis-public-library-downtown-branch/detail-780</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:24:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[guthrie theater : jean nouvel]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/jean-nouvel/guthrie-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Guthrie Theater, completed in 2006, is the first completed American work of French architect Jean Nouvel.  Large, dark, and ominously industrial, the Guthrie Theater is the preeminent destination for modern theatre in Minneapolis.  

With a cobalt-blue steel exterior that rises against the Mississippi River skyline, the Guthrie features a large cantilevered walkway (nicknamed "the endless bridge") that projects out towards the river.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/jean-nouvel/guthrie-theater/detail-779</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:48:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[weisman art museum : frank gehry]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-gehry/weisman-art-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum is an art museum located on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis.  

Designed by Frank Gehry and completed in 1993, the Weisman has a signature stainless steel exterior that sits above the Mississippi River like a jumbled free-form version of the Palace of Oz.  The non-linear forms of the facade disguise the fact that the interior is fairly rectangular and conservative to avoid distracting from the art.  The open air of the gallery is partially lit by irregular skylights.  

The light bouncing off the steel exterior facade is particularly impressive if you travel east across the Washington Ave Bridge. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/frank-gehry/weisman-art-museum/detail-778</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:35:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[shop &#039;til you drop : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/shop-til-you-drop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This piece from 2011 assumed to be by Banksy (who really knows) is high up on the side of a building in Mayfair.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/shop-til-you-drop/detail-777</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:18:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rudi-sedlmayer-halle : rollerball]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/rollerball/rudi-sedlmayer-halle</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The rollerball stadium was Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle (now called the Audi Dome) in Munich, Germany built for basketball events for the 1972 Summer Olympics.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/rollerball/rudi-sedlmayer-halle/detail-776</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:44:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[workaholics house : workaholics]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/workaholics/workaholics-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The first season of Comedy Central's <em>Workaholics</em> was filmed at this location.  Some of the cast members (Adam DeVine, Blake Anderson) and director Kyle Newacheck (a.k.a. Karl, a.k.a. "the human genius", a.k.a. "the guy on the t-shirt") lived at this location  while filming the series.  Anders said he would not live at the house "because it was gross and had rats."

In a disturbing act of life imitating art, cast member Blake Anderson fractured his back at this location after <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2-jyPI7pso">jumping off the roof onto a beer pong table.</a> 

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/workaholics/workaholics-house/detail-775</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:38:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ferus gallery : andy warhol, &amp;quot;the cool school&amp;quot;]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol-the-cool-school/ferus-gallery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Ferus Gallery was a modern art gallery in Los Angeles from 1957 to 1966.  At the time, Los Angeles had little in the way of modern art gallery space, and the Ferus was one of the first serious attempts to bring New York and West Coast modern art to the general public.  This was the subject of the 2008 documentary <a href="736-A%20North%20La%20Cienega%20Boulevard">The Cool School</a>.  

The Ferus Gallery was the first West Coast gallery to show a solo work for Andy Warhol.  Five of his <em>Soup Can</em> paintings were sold for $100 a piece.  The curator, Irving Blum, thought they should remain a set and purchased them for $1000.  One of the prospective buyers that was extremely upset was Dennis Hopper.  Today, the <em>Soup Can</em> paintings are worth millions and hang in the MOMA.

Although The Ferus Gallery initially opened across the street (at 736-A North La Cienega Boulevard) in 1957, it remained at this address for the duration of 1958-1966.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol-the-cool-school/ferus-gallery/detail-774</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:35:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[susan wojcicki&#039;s garage : google]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/google/susan-wojcickis-garage</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Larry Page and Sergey Brin rented out Susan Wojcicki's garage in Menlo Park to use as Google's workspace in September of 1998, the same month they filed for incorporation in California and hired their first employee. They outgrew the garage by February of the next year.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/google/susan-wojcickis-garage/detail-773</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:59:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bmw building : rollerball]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/rollerball/bmw-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I think the message of Rollerball is that organized sports will eventually end in murder and chaos. The BMW Building in Munich, Germany served as the Energy Corporation's headquarters.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/rollerball/bmw-building/detail-772</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:51:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dorothea dix hospital : naked]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/naked/dorothea-dix-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[David Sedaris tells about the time he volunteered here during the summer after the seventh grade. He says a naked elderly woman bit him on the arm.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/naked/dorothea-dix-hospital/detail-771</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:25:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[spruce goose dome : batman forever, virtuosity]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/batman-forever-virtuosity/spruce-goose-dome</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Spruce Goose Dome in Long Beach, CA was designed by Don Richter, a longtime associate of <a href="/locations/art-and-design/buckminster-fuller">Buckminster Fuller</a>, as a hangar for Howard Hughes' wooden aircraft the H-4 Hercules (a.k.a the "Spruce Goose"). Built in 1983, the dome is still one of the ten largest geodesic domes in the world. 

The Spruce Goose was moved to a museum in Oregon in 1992. Warner Bros. now uses the dome as a sound stage. The Bat Cave in 1995's Batman Forever was built inside the dome. Other unforgettable classics filmed here include Virtuosity, Jack Frost and the remake of the Haunting. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/batman-forever-virtuosity/spruce-goose-dome/detail-768</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:51:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[michael hutchence&#039;s deathplace : inxs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/inxs/michael-hutchences-deathplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On November 22nd, 1997, INXS singer Michael Hutchence was found dead, and nude, in Room 524 of the hotel.  The coroner's office ruled the death as a suicide, though many believe his death was caused by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoerotic_asphyxiation">autoerotic asphyxiation</a>.  The hotel permanently closed in March 2009.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/inxs/michael-hutchences-deathplace/detail-767</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:13:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[biosph&amp;egrave;re : buckminster fuller]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/buckminster-fuller/biosphere</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Buckminster Fuller designed this three-quarters sphere geodesic dome for the United States Pavilion at the Montreal World's Fair, Expo '67. The building was restored in the early '90s and now houses the environmental science museum Biosph&egrave;re. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/buckminster-fuller/biosphere/detail-766</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:46:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chick-inn : the gories]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-gories/chick-inn</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Had the fish and chips here.  Bland.  Made me feel sick later.  Should have tried the Hammy Sammy or Paul Bunyan burger as recommended by Danny Kroha.  I did have a peanut butter and strawberry milkshake that was big and good, though.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-gories/chick-inn/detail-765</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:42:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wood river dome : buckminster fuller]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/buckminster-fuller/wood-river-dome</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in Wood River, IL outside of St. Louis, this is the second geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller and built by the Union Tank Car Company after the success of <a href="/locations/art-and-design/buckminster-fuller/union-tank-car-dome">the first Union Tank Car Dome</a> in Baton Rouge, LA. Ownership of the dome has changed several times since it was completed in 1964, but as of 2011, it was still being used for rail car repair. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/buckminster-fuller/wood-river-dome/detail-764</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:22:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pinole valley high school : green day]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/green-day/pinole-valley-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt of Green Day attended Pinole Valley High School and also performed on campus.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/green-day/pinole-valley-high-school/detail-763</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:01:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[barrington hall : primus, operation ivy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/primus-operation-ivy/barrington-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Barrington Hall was a legendary bastion of radical students near the Berkely campus.  It became synonymous with political activisim, unorthodox lifestyles, drug use, and supporting music.

In the eighties, "Wine Dinners" were repeatedly hosted where punch was spiked with LSD.  The name of the Primus album <em>Tales From the Punch Bowl</em> stems from these parties.

Barrington Hall served as a locus for Bay Area punk rock, with Operation Ivy, the Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, and hundreds of others playing the location.

After many successful defenses, Barrington Hall was forced to close in 1990.  The USCA president stated "Barrington has a larger-than-life reputation. All across the continent, people know it as a drug den and anarchist household."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/primus-operation-ivy/barrington-hall/detail-762</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:13:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cloyne court : operation ivy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/operation-ivy/cloyne-court</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In May of 1989, Tim Armstrong and Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy had purchased some beer over on Telegraph Ave and walked to the volleyball courts at this intersection.  As they sat, they agreed to end the band.

As Tim Armstrong recollected: "Me and him talked about how the band wasn&rsquo;t really what it was when it started.  It was like a mutual thing.  That&rsquo;s one thing that&rsquo;s not usually told, it wasn&rsquo;t like he quit, it was like, &lsquo;Yeah, we&rsquo;re not really into it anymore.&rsquo;&rdquo;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/operation-ivy/cloyne-court/detail-761</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:41:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hey juan burritos : operation ivy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/operation-ivy/hey-juan-burritos</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In June of 1988, after a show that featured Op Ivy, Crimpshrine, Isocracy and the Lookouts, the members of Operation Ivy were sitting outside this burrito joint when they announced wanted to make an album.  

Op Ivy tried to record <em>Energy</em> at 924 Gilman Street but recording and engineering difficulties, they recorded at Sound and Vision in San Francisco, California in January 1989.  After many different attempts, <em>Energy</em> was released in May of 1989.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/operation-ivy/hey-juan-burritos/detail-760</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:19:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[albany high school : operation ivy, rancid]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/operation-ivy-rancid/albany-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Tim Armstrong (vocals, guitar) and Matt Freeman (vocals, bass) of Operation Ivy and Rancid went to high school together at Albany High School.  They performed together for the first time at the school variety show, The Cougar Follies, by performing a version of Elvis tune <em>Blue Suede Shoes.</em>  They did not win, but kept working together in bands like Noise and Basic Radio, then eventually Operation Ivy and Rancid.

Armstrong was involved in the high school theater, working as lighting technician: &ldquo;I did the lights for &lsquo;South Pacific&rsquo; and &lsquo;Oklahoma!&rsquo;...Spots, blue gels, everything. I wanted to be involved with the performing arts even before I was playing shows."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/operation-ivy-rancid/albany-high-school/detail-758</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:47:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[924 gilman : operation ivy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/operation-ivy/924-gilman</link>
				<description><![CDATA[924 Gilman St has operated as a volunteer-run, all-ages independent music venue since December 31, 1986.  Primarily a pop-punk and hardcore venue, many other genres have been featured at "The Gilman" in its 25 year history.

Also known as as The Gilman Street Project or Gilman Street, the venue has a strict rule against any band playing there who has ever signed to a major label.   

Notably, the bands Operation Ivy, Green Day, and Rancid have been associated with this venue (all from the Bay area).  Operation Ivy played their second show here, and their second to last show here (with Green Day opening), and a whole lot of other shows in-between.  They also recorded their 7" EP <em>'69 Newport</em> here (named after their tour vehicle).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/operation-ivy/924-gilman/detail-757</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:17:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[studio 54 : disco]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/disco/studio-54</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1977, Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager transformed a theater in midtown Manhattan into a nightclub.  The club was called Studio 54, and the rise of disco music, use of drugs, and open nature of sexuality at the location helped it become the preeminent den of iniquity that it is so fondly remembered for.

It was a natural meeting place for artists and celebrities, and the interior was constantly changed to match the theatrical setting.  The doorman was instructed to "cast a play" among the people clamoring to get in so that "nobodies" could party with celebrities.

The club closed in 1980, with Schrager and Rubell sentenced to 13 months in prison for tax evasion.  There is now a bar called Studio 54 in Las Vegas, where everything is fresh and original.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/disco/studio-54/detail-756</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:00:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fuller dome home : buckminster fuller]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/buckminster-fuller/fuller-dome-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[While Buckminster Fuller was teaching at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1959 to 1970 he lived in this thirty-nine foot white plywood dome on the corner of South Forest Street and West Cherry Street, the only geodesic dome that he ever lived in and owned. It is currently (as of 2012) undergoing a complete restoration.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/buckminster-fuller/fuller-dome-home/detail-755</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:50:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[union tank car dome : buckminster fuller]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/buckminster-fuller/union-tank-car-dome</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This site in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the location of another early geodesic dome designed and constructed by Buckminster Fuller. The dome was used to cover a unique turntable-like system that the Union Tank Car Company had developed to service multiple railway cars. When it was completed in 1958, it was the world's largest clear-span (meaning no columns) structure until <a href="/locations/movies/batman-forever-virtuosity/spruce-goose-dome">a larger geodesic dome</a> was built to house Howard Hughes's <em>Spruce Goose</em> in Long Beach, California in 1982. 

When railway cars increased in length from 50 feet to 60 feet in the 1960s, the cars would no longer fit, and the dome became obsolete. The rail yard, including the dome, was sold to Kansas City Southern Railway in 1990 and the dome remained vacant. In 2007, one year before the dome would be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, Kansas City Southern had the building demolished.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yca5k5SYqzk">Watch a documentary about the Union Tank Car Dome.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/buckminster-fuller/union-tank-car-dome/detail-754</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:02:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[etta james&#039; deathplace : etta james]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/etta-james/etta-james-deathplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Etta James (a.k.a Jamesetta Hawkins, a.k.a. Miss Peaches, a.k.a. The he Matriarch of R&B) died of complications related to leukemia at the Riverside Community Hospital on January 20, 2012.  She had been diagnosed with the disease in early 2011.

Etta James had received numerous awards throughout her career, including six Grammy Awards, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1993), the Rockabilly Hall of Fame (2001), and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2003).

Etta James was 73 years old when she died.

The Obamas slow-danced to James' signature song, "At Last," during one of their inaugural balls on January 21, 2009.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/etta-james/etta-james-deathplace/detail-753</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:23:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[andy warhol&#039;s last residence : andy warhol]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-last-residence</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Andy Warhol lived at 57 E. 66th Street from 1974 until his death in 1987.  

Warhol purchased the  8,000-sq-ft home for $310,000 in 1974.  He hired decorator Jed Johnson, and together they merged their tastes in art deco with primitive contemporary paintings as well as religious emblems. 

Warhol lived comfortably here with his pet Dachshunds and Johnson, a constant stream of commissioned work and portraits continuing his profitable career.  His main outings would be to Studio 54 to go clubbing, the Plaza Hotel to eat, and Bloomingdale's to shop.  

This period saw the production of <em>The Andy Warhol Time Capsules</em>, where he would collect and categorize trinkets from his daily life.

There is now a plaque on the front placed by the Historic Landmark Preservation Center honoring the artist, and the last value for the home (as of three years ago) was $35 million.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-last-residence/detail-752</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:51:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[andy warhol&#039;s early boyhood home : andy warhol]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-early-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Andy Warhol's second family home (or his first to some accounts) was a two-bedroom slum apartment at this address.  

The apartment was within sight of industrial complex, blast furnaces, and belching smoke of the Jones &amp; Laughlin Steel Company where Ondrej, Andy's father, was employed.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-early-boyhood-home/detail-751</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:18:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[andy warhol&#039;s earliest boyhood home : andy warhol]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-earliest-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Andy Warhol spent his earliest days at this address, in a shack-like row house identical to two-dozen other shacks on the block, and in the company of his parents and two older brothers. There was no bathroom, only a shared commode between the neighbors, and no heat to ease the winters. 

The family upgraded to a two-bedroom apartment on Beelen Street as their next home.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-earliest-boyhood-home/detail-750</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:44:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[andy warhol&#039;s brownstone : andy warhol]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-brownstone</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Purchased in 1959, Warhol and his mother, Julia, moved into this 16-and-a-half foot wide, five-story townhouse.  There was clutter in the form of soup labels and Brillo pads, and 25 cats nestled in windowsills or on top of the fireplace.

According to the most recent Zillow entry, the home sold on December 27, 2011 for $3,550,000.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-brownstone/detail-749</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:37:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[andy warhol&#039;s high school : andy warhol]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Andy Warhol attended Schenley High School.  He graduated in 1945 at the early age of sixteen, 51st in his class of 278 graduates.

Schenley High School closed in June 2011 after being open for 95 years.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-high-school/detail-746</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:19:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[andy warhol&#039;s boyhood home : andy warhol]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 6, 1928. His parents, Julia and Ondrej Warhola, were Carpatho-Rusyns who immigrated Mik&oacute; (now called Mikov&aacute;) in what is now northeastern Slovakia in the early 1920's.  

In 1934, Andy's father, a coal miner, bought a three story, yellow brick house at 3252 Dawson Street in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh.  Andy Warhol lived here from 1934 until he moved to New York City in 1949. 

The youngest of three brothers, Andy developed chorea in the third grade, a nervous system disease that causes involuntary movements of the extremities, which is believed to be a complication of scarlet fever and causes skin pigmentation blotchiness.

At times when he was confined to bed, he drew, listened to the radio and collected pictures of movie stars around his bed.  

The Warhola House is currently being restored by the surviving heirs to Warhol.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-boyhood-home/detail-745</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:08:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[andy warhol&#039;s grave : andy warhol]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Andy Warhol died in his sleep on February 22, 1987 from a sudden post-operative cardiac arrhythmia.

He is buried next to his parents at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery outside of Pittsburgh, PA.

Warhol's will dictated that his entire estate &ndash; with the exception of a few modest legacies to family members &ndash; would go to create a foundation dedicated to the "advancement of the visual arts". Warhol had so many possessions that it took Sotheby's nine days to auction his estate after his death; the auction grossed more than US$20 million.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-grave/detail-744</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:42:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the andy warhol museum : andy warhol]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/the-andy-warhol-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans for <a href="http://www.warhol.org/">The Andy Warhol Museum</a> were announced in 1989, and the museum opened its doors in May 1994.

The collection includes 900 paintings; approximately 100 sculptures; nearly 2,000 works on paper; more than 1,000 published and unique prints; 77 sculptures; and 4,000 photographs. The film &amp; video collection includes 60 feature films, 200 of Warhol&rsquo;s Screen Tests and more than 4,000 videos.  

The building that houses the museum was built in 1911 as a distribution center for products sold to mills and mines, and the Warhol Museum was designed by architect Richard Gluckman and features seven floors of gallery and exhibition space.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/the-andy-warhol-museum/detail-743</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:26:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[andy warhol was shot here : andy warhol]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhol-was-shot-here</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1968, Andy moved the Factory to the sixth floor of the Decker Building, 33 Union Square West, near Max's Kansas City, a club Warhol and his entourage would frequently visit.

On June 3, 1968, Valerie Solanas visited the Factory, looking for Warhol, who she felt was taking control of her screenplay away from her. She waited until Warhol returned around 4pm. Within a few minutes, she shot Warhol three times, seriously wounding him, as well as shooting Mario Amaya. Solanas turned herself in to the police a few hours later.  In 1996, an indie film was made depicting the surrounding events called <em>I Shot Andy Warhol</em> starring Lili Taylor and Jared Harris.

Around 1970, Warhol built a video camera system and taped his visitors and documented the activities around the studio.

Warhol's studio remained at this address until he moved locations in 1973.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhol-was-shot-here/detail-742</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:10:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[andy warhol&#039;s the factory : andy warhol]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-the-factory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1962 to 1968, Andy Warhol rented a studio space on the fifth floor of the former building at this location.  For a rent of "only about one hundred dollars a year," Warhol's studio was a hive of activity.  He employed a number of friends, artists, drug addicts, performers, musicians, and anybody else willing to help with his numerous creative projects.  There was an assembly line style screen-printing operation to churn out prints.

The walls of this location were coated with tin foil, leading to the other nickname of the studio, "The Silver Factory."  The studio was a meeting place for artists and musicians, and Warhol collaborated with The Velvet Underground &amp; Nico for the cover of their 1967 studio album.

In 1968, Warhol changed location of the studio, and the building that housed the original Factory no longer exists.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/andy-warhol/andy-warhols-the-factory/detail-741</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:57:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[roosevelt hotel : man on a ledge]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/man-on-a-ledge/roosevelt-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>Man on a Ledge</em> was filmed at New York's Roosevelt Hotel with Elizabeth Banks and Sam Worthington actually out on the ledge, supported by safety wires, twenty-two stories above Madison Avenue. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/man-on-a-ledge/roosevelt-hotel/detail-740</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:16:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[banksy&#039;s naked man hanging from a window : banksy]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/banksys-naked-man-hanging-from-a-window</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Banksy's 'naked man hanging from a window' can be viewed from Park Street in Banksy's home town of Bristol. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/banksy/banksys-naked-man-hanging-from-a-window/detail-739</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kurt cobain sees the melvins : nirvana, the melvins]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-the-melvins/kurt-cobain-sees-the-melvins</link>
				<description><![CDATA[According to the journal of Kurt Cobain, he was hanging out near the Montesano Thriftway grocery store in the summer of 1983 when a "short-haired employee box boy" handed him a flyer.  The flyer was for a free rock show behind the grocery store the next night, and the box boy was King Buzzo of The Melvins.

Cobain was first exposed to punk rock by The Melvins, and it was the beginning of a long relationship between the groups. It was through them that he would meet bass player Krist Novoselic.  Cobain roadied for The Melvins in the late 80's, and Melvin's drummer Dale Crover played on early Nirvana demos (before Dave Grohl).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-the-melvins/kurt-cobain-sees-the-melvins/detail-738</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:42:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[one of buckminster fuller&#039;s first geodesic domes : buckminster fuller]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/buckminster-fuller/one-of-buckminster-fullers-first-geodesic-domes</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1953, Buckminster Fuller was commissioned by the architect of the Nautilus Motor Inn in Woods Hole to design a building for the Inn's restaurant. The geodesic dome that Fuller constructed with the help of his students in 1954 is his oldest surviving geodesic dome and one of the first built for commercial use. 

The Dome Restaurant closed in 2002, and as of 2008, there were plans for Fuller's grandnephew to oversee the restoration of the building. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/buckminster-fuller/one-of-buckminster-fullers-first-geodesic-domes/detail-737</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:13:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hewlett-packard&#039;s garage : the hewlett-packard company]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/the-hewlett-packard-company/hewlett-packards-garage</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard was started in the one-car garage of this residence by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard.  

Started with $538 of start-up capital in 1939, the 2011 total equity of the company was valued at $38.62 billion.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/the-hewlett-packard-company/hewlett-packards-garage/detail-736</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:12:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cactus restaurant : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/cactus-restaurant</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This restaurant was one of the last places Kurt Cobain was seen alive, prior to his death in April of 1994.  His former home, where his body was found, is nearby on Lake Washington Blvd.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/cactus-restaurant/detail-735</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:43:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cobain&#039;s first house in seattle : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/cobains-first-house-in-seattle</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This address was Kurt Cobain's first house when he moved to Seattle.  The video for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QECJ9pCyhns" target="_blank">"Sliver"</a> was shot here.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/cobains-first-house-in-seattle/detail-734</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:36:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nirvana first show : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/nirvana-first-show</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nirvana played their first show at a party here in 1987, 29 miles south of Aberdeen.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/nirvana-first-show/detail-733</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:12:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dischord house : minor threat, fugazi]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/minor-threat-fugazi/dischord-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson moved into this bungalow in 1981, and Dischord Records has been associated with it since then.  It served as the practice space and residence of Minor Threat, including some of the seminal photos associated with them taken on the porch.  The band split the $525 rent, but couldn't afford to pay for heating oil, so they would sit around in sleeping bags.

Ian MacKaye eventually gained ownership for the house, and today it serves as an office space for Dischord Records.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/minor-threat-fugazi/dischord-house/detail-732</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:29:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the eastland center : the virgin suicides]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-virgin-suicides/the-eastland-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;We heard reports of the girls walking aimlessly through Eastland, down the lighted mall with its timid fountains and hot dogs impaled beneath heat lamps.&rdquo;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/the-virgin-suicides/the-eastland-center/detail-731</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:29:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kurt cobain&#039;s house : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/kurt-cobains-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the upscale Denny-Blaine district of Seattle, Kurt and Courtney purchased this house for $1.130 million in January of 1994.

On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain was found dead by an electrician at this location in a room over the garage called "the greenhouse."  It was estimated that his death occurred on April 5, 1994.

The are a number of conspiracy theories, but the death certificate concluded his death was a suicide.

The garage and "greenhouse" were bulldozed in 1996, and the home was sold by Courtney Love in 1997.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/kurt-cobains-house/detail-730</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:58:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the heidelberg project : the heidelberg project]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/the-heidelberg-project/the-heidelberg-project</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The found objects displayed in this outdoor art exhibit symbolize the post riot plight of Detroit&rsquo;s &ldquo;Black Bottom&rdquo; neighborhood. Creator Tyree Guyton is the subject of the Emmy Award Winning Documentary, Come Unto Me, the Faces of Tyree Guyton.

The Counting Crows were in town and asked to be dropped off here. They didn't realize the improbability of finding a taxi when they were ready to leave. This isn't exactly a "cab-hailing" part of town.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/the-heidelberg-project/the-heidelberg-project/detail-729</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:27:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[carhenge : carhenge, omaha (the movie)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/carhenge-omaha-the-movie/carhenge(2141-county-road-59-alliance-nebraska-69301-united-states)</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located near the town of Alliance, NE, Carhenge is a Midwestern sculptural interpretation/homage to the famous Stonehenge of Britain.  Made out of cars that have set upright and painted a slate gray, the 10-acre art installation features <a href="http://www.carhenge.com/othersculpture.htm">a number of different large scale metal sculptures</a> including a Spawning Salmon, a dinosaur, and upright multi-colored cars representing the different stages of a wheat crop.

Carhenge was also featured in the seldom seen (but thoroughly awesome) <em>Omaha (The Movie)</em>.  The film features roving gangs of kick-boxers from Des Moines as the villains, and the movie broke the 4th-wall-of-documentary trope long before <em>The Office.</em>

For those looking to purchase a piece of Americana art, Carhenge went up for sale in October of 2011.  Price tag: $300,000.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/carhenge-omaha-the-movie/carhenge(2141-county-road-59-alliance-nebraska-69301-united-states)/detail-726</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:48:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eames house : charles and ray eames]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/charles-and-ray-eames/eames-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Charles and Ray Eames designed their house as part of the Case Study House Program for <em>Arts & Architecture</em> magazine. It was built in 1949 out of prefabricated materials in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FRWatw_ZEQI">According to Ice Cube</a>, 'they was doing mashup before mashups even existed.']]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/charles-and-ray-eames/eames-house/detail-725</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:50:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[office of charles and ray eames : charles and ray eames]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/charles-and-ray-eames/office-of-charles-and-ray-eames</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Charles and Ray Eames operated out of this renovated garage on 901 Washington Blvd (now known as 901 Abbot Kinney) from 1941 until Ray died in 1988. The office had very few permanent rooms. Walls could be moved to accommodate research or transform the space into a shooting stage. 

The artifacts from their office are preserved at the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/eames/" title="The Work of Charles and Ray Eames">Library of Congress</a>. The building has been remodeled and is currently not open to the public.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/charles-and-ray-eames/office-of-charles-and-ray-eames/detail-724</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:51:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[judy&#039;s antiques and collectibles : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/judys-antiques-and-collectibles</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic used to dig through records and books at this store.  It's still open- be nice and buy local.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/judys-antiques-and-collectibles/detail-723</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:43:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the melvin&#039;s practice space (former) : the melvins, nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-melvins-nirvana/the-melvins-practice-space-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Melvins used to rehearse at this space, the former house of drummer of Dale Crover.  Kurt Cobain and Chris Novoselic would hang out here as well.

Dale Crover and Kurt Cobain were in a band called Fecal Matter, and he collaborated with Cobain (and Dave Grohl) on several different tracks and projects.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-melvins-nirvana/the-melvins-practice-space-former/detail-722</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:37:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nirvana practice space : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/nirvana-practice-space</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At this address, Maria Novoselic (mother of Nirvana bass player, Krist Novoselic) owned a beauty salon.  After the business would close, Nirvana would practice in a space above the salon.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/nirvana-practice-space/detail-721</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:03:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the pourhouse : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/the-pourhouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A bar rumored to be where Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic used to imbibe.  Supposedly, Kurt and Krist gave an impromptu performance at this establishment after a December 21, 1988 show in Hoquiam, WA.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/the-pourhouse/detail-720</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:55:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rosevear&#039;s music center : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/rosevears-music-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Both Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic took music lessons at Rosevear's Music Center.  A star can be found outside the store with Cobain's name, and a nearby fence surrounding a tree bears his silhouette.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/rosevears-music-center/detail-719</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:51:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[j.m. weatherwax high school : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/jm-weatherwax-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This address was the former location of the high school, also known as Aberdeen High School, that Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana attended.  After Cobain dropped out, he worked briefly as a janitor at the high school.

On January 5, 2002, the Weatherwax wing of the high school burnt down.  After investigation, it was revealed that a friend of Cobain's started the fire while trying to destroy school records.

A new high school was constructed at 410 N. G Street (two blocks away).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/jm-weatherwax-high-school/detail-718</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:38:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[early nirvana practice space : nirvanva]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvanva/early-nirvana-practice-space</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In a white shack behind this residence, Kurt Cobain and Matt Lutkin lived from September 1986 to May 1987.  

Nirvana began to take shape here as Cobain, bass player Chris Novoselic and their first drummer, Aaron Burckhard, used this space to practice.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvanva/early-nirvana-practice-space/detail-717</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:21:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[graffiti graveyard : graffiti graveyard]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/graffiti-graveyard/graffiti-graveyard</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The map for this is deceiving. Dululth's <em>Graffiti Graveyard</em> is under Interstate 35 so you won't see it driving around. When <a href="/user/fuzzydisco">my friend</a> and I went, we parked by the library, walked down by the railroad tracks, crossed some water on a rickety-ass board that served as a bridge and barely managed to haul ourselves over the concrete wall without falling in that sketchy creek or whatever you want to call it.

It's not very accessible and kind of creepy and muddy under there, but if you want to see a quarter mile of graffiti under the highway, this is the place.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/art-and-design/graffiti-graveyard/graffiti-graveyard/detail-713</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:51:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kurt cobain&#039;s elementary school : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/kurt-cobains-elementary-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is where Kurt Cobain went to elementary school.  He was a musical child, singing along to The Ramones, The Beatles and Arlo Guthrie.  

His parents divorced when he was nine years old, and Kurt's personality changed dramatically- becoming defiant and withdrawn.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/kurt-cobains-elementary-school/detail-712</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:25:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kurt cobain&#039;s birthplace : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/kurt-cobains-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Kurt Donald Cobain was born at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen, Washington on February 20, 1967.  He was born to a waitress, Wendy Elizabeth (n&eacute;e Fradenburg), and an automotive mechanic, Donald Leland Cobain.

Kurt would return to the hospital during homeless periods in his teenage years, when he figured out the hospital staff would ignore his sleeping in the waiting room.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/kurt-cobains-birthplace/detail-710</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:39:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[marshall mathers lp house : eminem]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eminem/marshall-mathers-lp-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A childhood home of Marshall Mathers.  Featured on the cover of The Marshall Mathers LP.  House was up for auction on eBay in December 2002.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/eminem/marshall-mathers-lp-house/detail-707</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:05:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nirvana unplugged location : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/nirvana-unplugged-location</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On November 18, 1993, Nirvana taped an acoustic performance for the tv series <em>MTV Unplugged</em> at Sony Music Studios in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.  The session differed from other <em>Unplugged</em> sessions in that there were a number of covers (six total) and the band did not play their hit songs.  

Guitarist Pat Smear (The Germs, Foo Fighters) and cellist Lori Goldston had been touring with the band and performed during the session.  The Meat Puppets sat in as guests for three of their songs covered by Nirvana.

The taping aired on MTV in December of 1993.  Cobain was found dead in April of 1994, and the <em>Unplugged</em> session was released as an album in November of 1994.

The building was sold in November 2007 for $44 million, and it has since been razed and replaced by luxury condos.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/nirvana-unplugged-location/detail-706</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[caf&amp;eacute; des artistes (former) : my dinner with andr&amp;eacute;]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/my-dinner-with-andre/cafe-des-artistes-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although the 1981 film <em>My Dinner with Andr&eacute;</em> was shot on a soundstage, the set was modeled after the historic fine dining establishment Caf&eacute; des Artistes.  A favorite of upscale bohemians because of its hip seclusion, the former restaurant closed in 2009.  

The new restaurant, The Leopard at des Artistes, still retains the original murals done by artist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Chandler_Christy">Howard Chandler Christy.</a>  If you go there, you have to talk about transcendental experiences and the myopic insanity of modern society.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/my-dinner-with-andre/cafe-des-artistes-former/detail-705</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:03:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where jeff buckley drowned : jeff buckley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jeff-buckley/where-jeff-buckley-drowned</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the approximate spot where Jeff Buckley waded into the Wolf River on the night of May 29, 1997. He was in Tennessee with his band that spring to resume working on his second album <em>My Sweetheart, the Drunk</em>. The Wolf River can be deceptive right there between downtown Memphis and the Mud Island Peninsula right before the river intersects with the Mississippi, and so Jeff Buckley, accompanied by roadie Keith Foti, wasn't thinking of the vicious undertow caused by passing boats when he walked in wearing his clothes and boots. 

He sang Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" while he swam to the middle of the river. Foti, who stayed on shore, lost sight of him after a tugboat went by, and Buckley's body wasn't discovered until June 4th near a riverboat in the Mississippi. His death was ruled an accidental drowning. He was thirty years old.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jeff-buckley/where-jeff-buckley-drowned/detail-703</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:24:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[old post office building : batman begins &amp;amp; batman: the dark knight]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/batman-begins-batman-the-dark-knight/old-post-office-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Batman Begins, the north-east corner of the old post office building was used as a facade for the Gotham police station.

In The Dark Knight, the north-west corner was used as the facade of the Gotham city bank which gets robbed in the opening sequence.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/batman-begins-batman-the-dark-knight/old-post-office-building/detail-702</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:26:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hollywood theatre : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/hollywood-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Episode 5, Season 1 of <em>Portlandia</em> features the location of the Hollywood Theatre, a historic nonprofit theatre in Portland.  In the sketch, Gus Van Sant is moderating a discussion after a screening of the Warnicker Bros. new film at the Blunderbuss festival.  Franny Walker (played by Selma Blair) is the principal of the ground-breaking film.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/hollywood-theatre/detail-701</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:07:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[satyricon : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/satyricon</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Episode 5, Season 1 of <em>Portlandia</em>, "Sparkle Pony" (Jenny Conlee of The Decemberists) tries to con her way into the venue to do a sound check.

<em>"Why you ask me so many questions?  I can't let you in."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/satyricon/detail-700</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:57:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wellness center : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/wellness-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Episode 5, Season 1 of Portlandia, the North Portland Wellness Center serves as the filming location, and the angst-ridden musical acupuncture accompaniment, of <em>The Roving Singles</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/wellness-center/detail-699</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:50:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[berbati&#039;s pan : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/berbatis-pan</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Episode 5, Season 1 of <em>Portlandia</em>, "Sparkle Pony" (Jenny Conlee of the Decemberists) trys to get into the show to play at this location.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/berbatis-pan/detail-698</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[deuce hotel : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/deuce-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This filming location, which goes by the name "The Deuce Hotel" in Episode 5, Season 1 of <em>Portlandia</em>, is actually The Ace Hotel.  

In the sketch, two very hipster hotel employees (Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein) are distributing record players, Kenny Loggins vinyls and vintage typewriters to guests, when they suddenly shift into cool-overdrive once indie-rock heroes Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney), James Mercer (The Shins), and Colin Meloy (The Decemberists) check in.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/deuce-hotel/detail-697</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:29:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wieden and kennedy : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/wieden-and-kennedy</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This was the filming location for an Episode 4, Season 1 sketch of <em>Portlandia</em>.  Julia (Carrie Brownstein) gets lost in the labyrinthian offices of the advertising agency, is forced to participate in a birthday party, gets mood-showered with exercise balls, and escapes in a basket.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/wieden-and-kennedy/detail-696</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:43:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[slabtown : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/slabtown</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Episode 4, Season 1 of <em>Portlandia</em>, Fred and Carrie are on a hunt to find the mayor, and they end up at this location.  Turns out the mayor (Kyle MacLachlan) is openly reggae, and throwing down some natty dub bass lines.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/slabtown/detail-695</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:29:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wireless toyz : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/wireless-toyz</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This cell phone shop was a filming location in Episode 4, Season 1 of <em>Portlandia</em>.  Fred and Carrie are trying to track down the missing mayor, so they try to sign up for a cell phone plan.

<em>"It's a one-time fee that you pay annually."</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/wireless-toyz/detail-694</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:23:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[james john cafe : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/james-john-cafe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This filming location for <em>Portlandia</em> was featured in Episode 4, Season 1.  It was the location for the "Did you read it?" sketch, where the compared knowledge of current periodicals escalates to the literal consumption of magazines.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/james-john-cafe/detail-693</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:05:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[coffee land! : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/coffee-land</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Urban Grind coffee house was a filming location for <em>Portlandia</em>.  In this Episode 3, Season 1 sketch, two Japanese schoolgirls come to "Coffee Land!" and drink increasingly adorable cups of coffee.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/coffee-land/detail-692</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:29:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[keep portland weird : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/keep-portland-weird</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Near the Voodoo Doughnut, off the west side of the 3rd Ave block, between Burnside and Ankeny, is the "Keep Portland Weird" mural featured in the opening of <em>Portlandia</em>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/keep-portland-weird/detail-691</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:14:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[powell&#039;s books : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/powells-books</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Episode 2, Season 1 of <em>Portlandia</em>, Powell's Books (and the Pearl District) are featured in the "biker's rights!" sketch.  There are five locations of Powell's Books, but this is the exterior used on the show.

Interesting side note: the Pearl District has free wi-fi.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/powells-books/detail-690</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:56:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the firehouse : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/the-firehouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This filming location for <em>Portlandia</em> was featured in Episode 2, Season 1.  The Firehouse is where the well-traveled couple of Kathy and Dave (Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein) are all in a tizzy over a dog being tied to a "piece of metal."
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/the-firehouse/detail-689</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:45:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[portland city hall : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/portland-city-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Episode 2, Season 1 of <em>Portlandia</em>, Fred and Carrie visit the mayor (Kyle MacLachlan) and get roped into writing Portland's theme song.  The mayor is adamant about it not sounding like Seattle.

The role of the mayor's assistant is played by actual Portland mayor Sam Adams.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/portland-city-hall/detail-688</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:28:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[aliki farms : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/aliki-farms</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the first episode of Portlandia, the overly zealous organic couple, Peter and Nancy, travel to the country to find the home of their free-range chicken, Collin.  They end up at Aliki Farms, under the spell of the charismatic cult leader, Aliki (Jason Sudeikis).

The filming location is really an organic co-op farm called <a href="http://www.localharvest.org/wealth-underground-farm-M35866">Wealth Underground Farm</a>, about 10 miles north of downtown Portland.  I'm not sure if you will get sucked into a cult if you go there.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/aliki-farms/detail-686</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:17:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the gilt club : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/the-gilt-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Gilt Club is featured in the first episode of Portlandia.  The sketch is where Peter and Nancy (Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein) are overly concerned about the organic/fair trade/emotional status of their meal, and they decide to investigate further on their own.

<em>"Is it local?"
"Yes."
"Let me ask you again.  Is it local?"</em>
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/the-gilt-club/detail-685</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:41:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eastbank esplanade : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/eastbank-esplanade</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Eastbank Esplanade is the filming location for Portlandia's Episode 1, Season 1 sketch, <em>"The Dream of the Nineties is Alive in Portland."</em>  The song/sketch describes a magical place where you can sleep til eleven, take up clowning, and never ride in a car.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/eastbank-esplanade/detail-684</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:30:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[irving park : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/irving-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This filming location for Portlandia was featured in Episode 6 of Season 1, when the obnoxious couple brings all their crap to the "Summer Movie Series at the Park."]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/irving-park/detail-683</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:20:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[porchlight : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/porchlight</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This filming location for Portlandia was featured in Episode 6 of Season 1, in a sketch that could be best described as <em>"gourmet chefs get crazy sexy on their photo shoot."</em>

In the sketch, the exterior of the restaurant says "Porchlight", but it's a southern cuisine place called Screen Door.  No word on whether the chefs really do lines of flour.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/porchlight/detail-682</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:12:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pier park : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/pier-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This filming location for Portlandia was featured in Episode 6 of Season 1.  The professional baseball team that Fred and Carrie are putting together, the Portland Thinkers, hold their tryouts here.

Everybody makes the team in Portland.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/pier-park/detail-681</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:56:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[women and women first : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/women-and-women-first</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Women and Women First Bookstore (real name: In Other Words Women's Bookstore) is located here.  Run by Toni and Candace (Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen), it has a pretty diverse client base, including Steve Buscemi, Aubrey Plaza, and Heather Graham.  I haven't tried the campu-choochoo-choochoo tea there, but I heard it tastes like soot and hot water and looks like a stillbirth.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/women-and-women-first/detail-680</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:49:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[oblique coffee : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/oblique-coffee</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Season 1, Episode 6 of Portlandia, this coffee house is where Fred and Carrie meet the mayor (Kyle MacLachlan) when he has the bold idea of bringing a professional baseball team to Portland (and to get bagels).  The Portland Thinkers are later transmuted into a cartoon at this same place.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/oblique-coffee/detail-679</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:35:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the unisphere : craig mack]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/craig-mack/the-unisphere</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the first video for his '94 hit single 'Flava in Ya Ear', Craig Mack kicked the flava in ya ear at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, home of the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair. 'Flava in Ya Ear' was the first release from Sean 'Puff Daddy' Combs' label Bad Boy Entertainment. The remix (with its own video shot on some boring sound stage) featured an early appearance by Notorious B.I.G. and a solo Busta Rhymes. 

The theme of the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair was "Peace Through Understanding" represented by the iconic Unisphere, a 12-story high, stainless steel earth designed to celebrate the beginning of the space age.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/craig-mack/the-unisphere/detail-678</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:55:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where biggie smalls was shot and killed : the notorious b.i.g.]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-notorious-big/where-biggie-smalls-was-shot-and-killed</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Biggie Smalls was shot in a drive-by at the intersection of Fairfax Ave and Wilshire Blvd on March 9, 1997 after leaving a Vibe Magazine party in Los Angeles with his entourage. They were able to drive to nearby Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. His second studio album, a double disc set called <em>Life After Death</em>, was released fifteen days later on March 25. 

Just like <a href="/locations/music/tupac-shakur/where-tupac-was-shot/">Tupac Shakur's death in Las Vegas</a> the year before, the murder of Biggie Smalls remains unsolved. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-notorious-big/where-biggie-smalls-was-shot-and-killed/detail-677</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:47:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where tupac was shot : tupac shakur]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tupac-shakur/where-tupac-was-shot</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Tupac Shakur was shot in a drive-by near the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane on the night of September 7, 1996 after leaving the Mike Tyson&ndash;Bruce Seldon boxing match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with his entourage. Paramedics took him to University Medical Center where he survived six days before dying on September 13th. Eight albums by Tupac have been released posthumously. 

Just like <a href="/locations/music/the-notorious-big/where-biggie-smalls-was-shot-and-killed/">Biggie Smalls' death in Los Angeles</a> the next year, the murder of Tupac Shakur remains unsolved. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tupac-shakur/where-tupac-was-shot/detail-676</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:44:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[birthplace of hip-hop : dj kool herc]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dj-kool-herc/birthplace-of-hip-hop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On August 11, 1973, Cindy Campbell threw a party in the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx. Her brother DJ Kool Herc was behind the turntables at this 'back to school jam.' It cost the fellas $.50 for admission and the ladies &hearts; got in for a quarter. 

New York state officials declared this location the Birthplace of Hip-Hop in 2007. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/dj-kool-herc/birthplace-of-hip-hop/detail-675</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:17:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[park hill apartments : wu-tang clan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/wu-tang-clan/park-hill-apartments</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>"Bullet holes lace the windows in one-six-oh"</em>

Method Man, Raekwon and Inspectah Deck all lived in Staten Island's Park Hill Apartments. Inspectah Deck lived in 160, the building in the video for 'Protect Ya Neck. Definitely check it out if you are in the area... I hear it's nice.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/wu-tang-clan/park-hill-apartments/detail-673</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:41:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ch&amp;acirc;teau de fontainebleau  : lana del rey]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/lana-del-rey/chateau-de-fontainebleau</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The opulent and palatial setting for Lana Del Rey's 2011 video "Born to Die" is actually a palace- The Palace of Fontainebleau.

The grounds for the palace date back as far as the 12th century, with much of the work done in the 16th century.  A bunch of King Louises stayed here, as did Napoleon, and now Lana Del Rey with a couple of tigers.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/lana-del-rey/chateau-de-fontainebleau/detail-671</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:29:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kickapoo high school : brad pitt]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/brad-pitt/kickapoo-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Brad Pitt (class of '82) attended Kickapoo High School here in Springfield, Missouri. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/brad-pitt/kickapoo-high-school/detail-669</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:29:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[apple computers first office : apple, steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/apple-steve-jobs/apple-computers-first-office</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Apple got their first major investor in Mike Markkula, a former Intel employee who had made millions and retired by the age of 34.  He help draw up a business plan where he would invest $250,000 to build 1,000 machines.  

Apple hired Rob Holt (a friend of Steve Jobs) to create a power supply and create a mold for the distinctive plastic shell (as opposed to the previous wooden case).  With the addition of an office manager in Mike Scott, the company moved to their first real office setting in 1976.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/apple-steve-jobs/apple-computers-first-office/detail-668</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:45:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the byte shop (former) : apple, steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/apple-steve-jobs/the-byte-shop-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This address is the former location of The Byte Shop.  Owned by Paul Terrel, The Byte Shop specialized in computer supplies in the mid-70s.  Terrel was a member of the Homebrew Computing Club, the same club as a young Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.  

In 1976, the Byte Shop became the first retail location for the Apple 1 computers after the duo had demonstrated the machine at a Homebrew meeting.

Terrel ordered 50 of them, at $500 a piece, with a purchase order totaling $25,000.  It was an enormous order for for the fledgling company, and Steve and Woz put their friends and neighbors to work in Jobs' garage.  Early "employees" were paid $1 a board. 

The parts for the Apple cost $220, while the computer was sold to Terrel for $500, who would usually put them in wooden boxes.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/apple-steve-jobs/the-byte-shop-former/detail-667</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:31:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[computer history museum : steve jobs, personal computing]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs-personal-computing/computer-history-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.computerhistory.org/">The Computer History Museum </a>is the world's largest history museum for the preservation and presentation of artifacts and stories of the Information Age located in the heart of Silicon Valley.

The museum is currently featuring a Steve Jobs retrospective (as of January 2012) and has an original Apple 1 computer that was built in 1976.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs-personal-computing/computer-history-museum/detail-666</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:57:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[homebrew computing club : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/homebrew-computing-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the auditorium of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the Homebrew Computing Club would meet in the mid-70s.  Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were members of this club, and when Woz developed the first Apple computer board, they would sell them at the Homebrew meetings in April of 1976, giving them the confidence to further invest into Apple Computers.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/homebrew-computing-club/detail-665</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:41:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[whole foods market : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/whole-foods-market</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs used to do his grocery shopping here, sometimes while barefoot.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/whole-foods-market/detail-664</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sushi ran : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/sushi-ran</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Even though Steve Jobs was typically a strict vegetarian, this restaurant was one of his favorites.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/sushi-ran/detail-663</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:03:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[il fornaio : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/il-fornaio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs was a strict vegan, but this was one of his favorite restaurants.  He went as far as to hire them to run Apple's cafeteria.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/il-fornaio/detail-662</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:56:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lucky devil lounge : portlandia]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/lucky-devil-lounge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the location used for the "stripper shadows on her first day of work" sketch from the Season 1, Episode 3 of <em>Portlandia</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/portlandia/lucky-devil-lounge/detail-661</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:58:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[burnside skatepark : tony hawk&#039;s pro skater, grind session, and tony hawk&#039;s pro skater 3]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/tony-hawks-pro-skater-grind-session-and-tony-hawks-pro-skater-3/burnside-skatepark</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.skateoregon.com/Burnside/Burnside.html">Burnside Skatepark</a> is located underneath the Burnside Bridge on the east side of the Willamette River.

Originally built by the skating community without permission, Burnside was eventually approved by the city as a public skatepark.

It is a level for multiple <em>Tony Hawk</em> skateboarding video games.

It was also featured in the 1993 film <em>Free Willy</em>, and the 2007 film <em>Paranoid Park</em>.  You can catch a glimpse of it in the beginning montage (and the occasional segueway) of the TV show <em>Portlandia</em>. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/tony-hawks-pro-skater-grind-session-and-tony-hawks-pro-skater-3/burnside-skatepark/detail-660</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:25:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bob marley mausoleum : bob marley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/bob-marley-mausoleum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in the Nine Mile area of St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica.

He died in Miami, Florida on the morning of May 11, 1981, at the age of 36.

Bob Marley is buried in a chapel near his birthplace in the Nine Mile area of St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica, with his red Gibson Les Paul (some accounts say it is a Fender Stratocaster).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/bob-marley-mausoleum/detail-659</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:35:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[berklee performance center : chewed up, louis c.k.]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/chewed-up-louis-ck/berklee-performance-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Louis C.K. filmed his stand-up special <em>Chewed Up</em> here in 2008.

He received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.

The performance was dedicated to George Carlin, and <em> "my two girls, who are simply the two greatest living people that I know on the planet."</em>
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/chewed-up-louis-ck/berklee-performance-center/detail-658</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:58:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pabst theater : hilarious, louis c.k.]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/hilarious-louis-ck/pabst-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Louis C.K.'s aptly-named stand-up special <em>Hilarious</em> was filmed at this location in 2010.  Louis C.K. did the writing, performing, directing, and editing of this live performance (as he does with his FX TV series <em>Louie</em>).  This show was nominated for two Primetime Emmys (Editing for a Special, and Writing for a Special), of which Louis C.K. was the recipient of both nominations. 

<em>"You are sitting in a chair in the sky!  You are basically a Greek myth!"</em>  (on his disbelief that people complain about flying)]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/hilarious-louis-ck/pabst-theater/detail-657</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:44:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[silversun liquor : silversun pickups]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/silversun-pickups/silversun-liquor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[So the band name is not an endorsement of a brand of guitar parts as I had originally thought.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/silversun-pickups/silversun-liquor/detail-655</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:46:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woody allen&#039;s high school : woody allen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/woody-allen/woody-allens-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Considered one of the top 150 high schools in the country, Woody Allen attended Midwood High School as a teenager.

Other show business alumni include Noah Baumbach (writer-director <em>The Squid and the Whale</em>), Emmanuel Lewis (actor, <em>Webster</em>), and Erich Segal (screenwriter of <em>Love Story, Yellow Submarine</em>).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/woody-allen/woody-allens-high-school/detail-654</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:50:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woody allen&#039;s middle school : woody allen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/woody-allen/woody-allens-middle-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[P.S. 99 (now known as The Isaac Asimov School of Science and Literature) is where Woody Allen went to school as a young lad.

The Brooklyn school now boasts several extracurricular activities such as school publications, chess club, art club, and drama workshops.  Get your newsletter today.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/woody-allen/woody-allens-middle-school/detail-653</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:27:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woody allen&#039; childhood home : woody allen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/woody-allen/woody-allen-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Allan Stewart Konigsberg lived at this location with his family as a boy.  He entertained people with card and magic tricks.  

In 1952, when he was 17 years old, he changed his name to Heywood "Woody" Allen.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/woody-allen/woody-allen-childhood-home/detail-652</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:11:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woody allen&#039;s band  : woody allen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/woody-allen/woody-allens-band</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Woody Allen has been playing Dixieland jazz at The Carlyle most Monday nights for several years.  The official name of the band is The Eddy Davis New Orleans
Jazz Band with Woody Allen, and tickets are a bit steep at $125 ($90 tickets plus $25 bar), but hey, it's Woody Allen.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/woody-allen/woody-allens-band/detail-651</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:00:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bob marley&#039;s deathplace : bob marley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/bob-marleys-deathplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After seeking an unorthodox cancer treatment in Germany for eight months, Bob Marley was returning to Jamaica when his flight stopped in Miami.

He was taken to the hospital for immediate medical attention. He died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami (now University of Miami Hospital) on the morning of May 11, 1981, at the age of 36.  The cancer had spread to his lungs and brain.

His final words to his son Ziggy were: 
<em>"Money can't buy life".</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/bob-marleys-deathplace/detail-650</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:11:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bob marley statue : bob marley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/bob-marley-statue</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 2008, the small hamlet of Banatski Sokolac in northeastern Serbia dedicated a statue to Bob Marley.

<em>"We are honoured to announce that the first monument in Europe of the reggae legend Bob Marley will be erected in Banatski Sokolac,"</em> said the Internet site of the <a href="http://www.rockvillage.org">Rock Village festival.</a> 

The dedicators continued the August 23, 2008 statement by stating:
<em>"Our village thus enters into history and supporters and all those who respect this 'liberty fighter armed with a guitar' can take part in the unveiling ceremony."</em> ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/bob-marley-statue/detail-649</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:45:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[benedum center : bob marley, prince]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley-prince/benedum-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Formerly known as the Stanley Theater, the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts was constructed in 1927 and restored in 1987.  The 2,800 seat theater was placed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1986.

Bob Marley played his last live concert here on September 23, 1980, before his death in 1981. 

Prince kicked off his Controversy Tour in 1981 at the Stanley.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley-prince/benedum-center/detail-648</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:16:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[amandla festival : bob marley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/amandla-festival</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<strong>Amandla</strong>--Festival of Unity&mdash;was a world music festival held at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 21, 1979.  The word <strong>'Amandla'</strong> is from the South-African Zulu language and means 'power', 'strength' or 'energy'. 

The goals of the concert were to support and celebrate the liberation of Southern Africa as well as the on-going efforts of people in Boston to end racism in their families, schools, workplaces and communities.

Bob Marley and the Wailers were the headliners, and he made several speeches during the concert.  Other performers included Patti LaBelle, jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri, drummer Babatunde Olatunji, the South African band Jabula and comedian Dick Gregory.

Marley was supporting his album "Survival" at the time, his most political album to that point.  Around 20,000 people attended the festival.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/amandla-festival/detail-647</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:31:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bob marley museum : bob marley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/bob-marley-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Island Records founder and producer Chris Blackwell gifted his Kingston residence and company headquarters at 56 Hope Road (then known as Island House) to Bob Marley.  Housing Tuff Gong Studios, the property became not only Marley's office, but also his home.

On December 3, 1976, two days before "Smile Jamaica", a free concert organized by the Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley in an attempt to ease tension between two warring political groups, Marley, his wife, and manager Don Taylor were wounded in an assault by unknown gunmen inside Marley's home at this address.  All three made full recoveries.  Two days later, although wounded in the chest and arm from bullet wounds, Marley performed at the concert.  

When asked why he performed, Marley responded:
<em>""The people who are trying to make this world worse aren&rsquo;t taking a day off. How can I?"</em>

Today, this address is the site of <a href="http://www.bobmarley-foundation.com/museum.html" title="">the Bob Marley Museum.</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/bob-marley-museum/detail-646</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bob marley&#039;s london apartment : bob marley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/bob-marleys-london-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This flat is where Bob Marley lived when he first came to London in 1972.  

The blue plaque on the exterior reads:

<em>Robert Nesta Marley
1945-1981
Singer, Lyricist, and Rastafarian Icon
Lived Here 1972</em>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-marley/bob-marleys-london-apartment/detail-645</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:49:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[brother ali&#039;s room with a view : brother ali]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/brother-ali/brother-alis-room-with-a-view</link>
				<description><![CDATA["One side of the street is Malone's Funeral Home and the
Other side's a library..."
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/brother-ali/brother-alis-room-with-a-view/detail-644</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:54:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the fifth element : rhymesayers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rhymesayers/the-fifth-element</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://fifthelementonline.com">The Fifth Element</a> is the storefront of the Minneapolis hip-hop record label Rhymesayers. Rhymesayers was founded in 1995 by Sean Daley (Slug), Anthony Davis (Ant), Brent Sayers (Siddiq) and Musab Saad, all members of the early-90s twin-cities hip-hop crew the Headshots. Some of the artists currently signed to Rhymesayers include Atmosphere, Brother Ali, P.O.S. and Murs.

Their retail store on Hennepin in Uptown, Minneapolis opened in 1999 and often hosts in-store performances. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rhymesayers/the-fifth-element/detail-643</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:57:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[quality coffee shop : seven]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/seven/quality-coffee-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Gwyneth Paltrow and Morgan Freeman meet for coffee at the Quality Coffee Shop in this feel good movie of the year.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/seven/quality-coffee-shop/detail-642</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:48:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[alexandria hotel : seven]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/seven/alexandria-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[John Doe's creepy apartment in the movie Seven was in the Alexandria Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Somehow after the chase with John Doe, Morgan Freeman ends up exiting the Chester Williams Building across the street... not quite sure how he got there.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/seven/alexandria-hotel/detail-641</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:46:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[650 south spring street : seven]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/seven/650-south-spring-street</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The library where Detective Somerset did his research on the seven deadly sins in the movie Seven was actually a bank building on 650 South Spring Street in Los Angeles. In the mid-90s, traveling to libraries to do research using books was something people did.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/seven/650-south-spring-street/detail-640</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:45:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[giant penny store : seven]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/seven/giant-penny-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The city where John Doe commits his series of murders in David Fincher's Seven is never named, but it was filmed mostly in and around Los Angeles. The sloth victim's apartment was in the building of the Giant Penny store, a five-and-dime on the corner of Broadway and 3rd Street in downtown LA that was closed in 1998. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/seven/giant-penny-store/detail-639</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:43:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dead man&#039;s curve : jan &amp;amp; dean]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jan-dean/dead-mans-curve</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Barry: ...Dead Man's Curve. Jan &amp; Dean. 
Dick: Do you know that right after they recorded that song Jan himself crashed his car... 
Barry: It was Dean you fuckin' idiot... 
Rob: It was Jan. It was a long time after the song. 
Barry: Okay, whatever...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jan-dean/dead-mans-curve/detail-638</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:08:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[151 regent street : blowup]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blowup/151-regent-street</link>
				<description><![CDATA[David Hemmings spots Vanessa Redgrave here at 151 Regent Street near the end of Antonioni's Blowup. It's a great bit of editing as she just vanishes into the crowd. 

Useless trivia: The Permutit Company Limited manufactured water softeners and other water treatment products and is now, I believe, part of Siemens Water Technologies.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blowup/151-regent-street/detail-637</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:49:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[maryon park : blowup]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blowup/maryon-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Antonioni's Blowup, David Hemmings photographs the two lovers (and accidentally a murder) here in Maryon Park. 

Maryon Park is also the location of the tennis courts where the mimes play imaginary tennis at the end of the movie. The mimes are raucous and rowdy while in the jeep and are only creepy and mime-like once the mime tennis match starts. FYI this movie is better while on drugs.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blowup/maryon-park/detail-636</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:47:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[economist plaza : blowup]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blowup/economist-plaza</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The mimes that bookend Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup make their first appearance at the beginning of the movie riding around in a jeep in London's Economist Plaza.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blowup/economist-plaza/detail-635</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:42:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the sharon tate house : sharon tate, charles manson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sharon-tate-charles-manson/the-sharon-tate-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Until 1994, this location was known as 10050 Cielo Drive, and was the location of one of the most horrifying crimes of the 20th century.

The &quot;Family&quot; members arrived on August 9, 1969 to commit their crimes.

The house has since been razed, and a new complex was built on the property with a new address.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/sharon-tate-charles-manson/the-sharon-tate-house/detail-633</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:42:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[altamont speedway free festival : rolling stones, jefferson airplane]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rolling-stones-jefferson-airplane/altamont-speedway-free-festival</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, December 6, 1969, the Altamont Speedway Free Festival was held at this location.  Viewed by the concert-promoters as a type of &quot;Woodstock West&quot;, it was held four months after Woodstock.  With an attendance around 300,000 people, Altamont was quickly put-together and poorly planned.

The planned line-up was Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Crosby, Stills, Nash &amp; Young, the Grateful Dead, with the Rolling Stones headlining.  Violence began erupting in the crowd throughout the day, at least partly due to heavy methamphetamine use by the crowd.

The Hells Angels were hired to provide security for the Rolling Stones for $500 worth of beer.  

Long story short, a guy named Meredith Hunter leaned on a biker's ride.  On thing led to another, and Hunter pulled a gun on some of the Angels.  His death at the hand of the hands of a Hells Angels member was captured on film by the Maysles crew for &quot;Gimmee Shelter.&quot;  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/rolling-stones-jefferson-airplane/altamont-speedway-free-festival/detail-632</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:11:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kainchi dham  : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/kainchi-dham</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1974, Steve Jobs was working at Atari headquarters.  He wanted to go to India for spiritual enlightenment, and he tried to convince his employers to pay for the trip.  Atari offered to pay for him to go as far as Germany to complete some company work.  

At this point, Jobs met up his old college buddy, Daniel Kottke, to travel to India and visit Neem Karoli Baba at his Kainchi Ashram.  By the time they got there, it was basically deserted after Neem Karoli had died earlier in the year. 

They then made a long trek up a huge dry riverbed to an ashram of Hariakhan Baba. In India, they spent a lot of time on endless bus rides from Delhi to Uttar Pradesh and back, then up to Himachal Pradesh and back.

Jobs stayed in India for seven months.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/kainchi-dham/detail-631</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:37:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[atari headquarters (former) : pong, atari, nintendo, steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/pong-atari-nintendo-steve-jobs/atari-headquarters-former</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Atari, Inc. was an American video game and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney.  They introduced several products to the North American market that cemented video games as part of popular culture.  2600 anyone?  Bam!

Al Acorn worked here- the guy who invented Pong.

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (before they started Apple Computer) worked here in 1974.

The company closed up shop and sold assets in 1984.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/pong-atari-nintendo-steve-jobs/atari-headquarters-former/detail-630</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:04:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[reed college : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/reed-college</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1973, Steve Jobs attended classes for less than six months at this private liberal arts college.  After deciding to drop out, Jobs was able to attended classes that interested him rather than his core requirement classes.  He later cited dropping in on a calligraphy class as extremely influential in developing multiple fonts for the Mac.

While living as a drop-out, Jobs collected empty glass bottles for the deposit, slept on the floor in friends' rooms, explored Eastern mysticism, and occasionally took LSD.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/reed-college/detail-629</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:51:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[homestead high school : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/homestead-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When Steve Jobs attended this high school, he enrolled in a popular electronics course.  He became friends with a student named Bill Fernandez, who introduced the 14-year-old Jobs to &quot;Woz&quot;- 19-year-old Steve Wozniak.

The two became fast friends over their mutual love of electronics.  One of their first business ventures was selling &quot;blue boxes&quot;- devices that made illegal long distance phone calls.  They tried selling them door-to-door at the dorms of UC-Berkley, where Woz attended school, but quit after nearly being caught by the police.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/homestead-high-school/detail-628</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:37:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cupertino junior high : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/cupertino-junior-high</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Now known as Cupertino Middle School, Steve Jobs attended this school when it was Cupertino Junior High.  Santa Clara county was in the middle of a transformation into what is now known as Silicon Valley.  Engineers from Hewlett-Packard and Shockley Semiconductor Company lived in the area, and Jobs was interested in the gadgetry of their garages.

As a boy, his father introduced him to Heathkits, a type of engineering-toy kit for children.  This led to Jobs viewing the world in a different way.

As he put it in 1995 Smithsonian interview: &quot;It gave one a understanding of what was inside a ï¬nished product and how it worked because it would include a theory of operation but maybe even more importantly it gave one the sense that one could build the things that one saw around oneself in the universe. These things were not mysteries anymore.&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/cupertino-junior-high/detail-627</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:51:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[monta loma elementary school : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/monta-loma-elementary-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs attended this elementary school.  He wasn't fond of school, but had a teacher Imogen &quot;Teddy&quot; Hill, who bribed him to learn with candy bars and $5 bills.

Jobs said of her: &quot;She was one of the saints of my life. She taught an advanced fourth grade class, and it took her about a month to get hip to my situation. She bribed me into learning.&quot;

Jobs learned enough to skip the fifth grade, and attended Crittenden Middle School briefly.  He was picked on, and he gave his parents an ultimatum: he would either transfer to a different school, or quick attending school altogether.  The young tactician was successful, and he transferred to Cupertino Junior High.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/monta-loma-elementary-school/detail-626</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:32:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the san remo : steve jobs, bono]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/steve-jobs-bono/the-san-remo</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The San Remo is a luxury, 27-floor, co-operative apartment building in New York City located between 74th and 75th streets.  Lots of celebs live there.

The 27th floor (top floor) of the north tower has been combined into a portion of the tower above it (formerly mechanical space for the building itself), creating a unique duplex unit.  Steve Jobs owned this unit and oversaw the renovation with architect I.M. Pei, but Jobs never lived there.  This unit was purchased by Bono from Jobs for $15 million.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/steve-jobs-bono/the-san-remo/detail-625</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:14:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[next headquarters : wolfenstein 3d, doom, steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/wolfenstein-3d-doom-steve-jobs/next-headquarters</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Steve Jobs was unceremoniously booted from Apple Computer in 1985 (he actually resigned after being pressured out), he took a core group of employees and started NeXT, Inc.  

NeXT had a variety of business models and products both hardware and software.  Tim Berners-Lee used a NeXT Computer in 1991 to create the first web browser and web server; accordingly, NeXT was instrumental in the development of the World Wide Web.  

In the early 1990s John Carmack used a NeXTcube to build two of his pioneering games, Wolfenstein 3D and Doom.

Oh yeah, and they pioneered object-oriented programming, graphical user interfaces, and web application servers which enabled dynamic page generation based on user interactions as opposed to static content.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/wolfenstein-3d-doom-steve-jobs/next-headquarters/detail-624</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:04:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pixar : toy story, up, cars, disney, steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/toy-story-up-cars-disney-steve-jobs/pixar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Pixar began in 1979 as the Graphics Group, part of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm.  George Lucas sold Pixar to Steve Jobs in 1986 shortly after he left Apple Computer.  Jobs paid $5 million to George Lucas and put $5 million as capital into the company.

Pixar had a love-hate relationship with Disney for several years: Pixar made amazingly successful films, and Disney made a lot of money.

In 2000, Pixar moved into this location that features an enormous atrium, volleyball courts, pool, and people riding around on Razor scooters.  The facility was purchased outright with profits made from Toy Story.

On January 24, 2006, Disney purchased Pixar for $7.4 billion in an all-stock deal.  Steve Jobs, who owned 50.1% of the company, gained 7.1% of Disney, making him the largest single shareholder of Disney, and putting him on the board of directors.

Pixar continues to make ground-breaking animated films, and has several slated for future release.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/toy-story-up-cars-disney-steve-jobs/pixar/detail-623</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:42:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the jackling mansion : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/the-jackling-mansion</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in the early 1900s for copper magnate Daniel Jackling, Steve Jobs bought this mansion in 1984.  An enormous house with 14 rooms, Jobs intention was always to tear the building down.  It took until March 2010 to get approval from a California court to get approval to demolish the property, which was done in February 2011.

According to reports, even though Jobs lived in it for ten years, he kept it virtually unfurnished.  He once hosted a dinner for President Clinton here in 1996.  He was rewarded with a stay in the Lincoln bedroom of the White House.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/the-jackling-mansion/detail-622</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:19:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[empire state building : king kong]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/king-kong/empire-state-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street.  Construction started in 1929 and finished in 1931.

The 1933 film King Kong depicted the eponymous gargantuan shimmying to the top of this building in stop-motion awesomeness.

A description from the 1998 documentary The Cruise, as presented by Tim &quot;Speed&quot; Levitch:
 
&quot;1,476 feet of organized granite and limestone.  6400 windows... 7 miles of elevator shafts.  A slice of the state of Indiana vaulted on the corner of 34th st and 5th ave.  King Kong climbed it.&quot;

That guy has a way with words...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/king-kong/empire-state-building/detail-621</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:02:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[steve job&#039;s family home : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/steve-jobs-family-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs bought this home in the mid-1990s after his marriage.  Jobs raised his three children here.  The house is done in the British country style, and the home is reportedly lightly furnished (but not as comparatively stark as his bachelor days).

This is also where Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011, due to complications from a relapse of his previously treated islet-cell neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer, resulting in respiratory arrest.  He had lost consciousness the day before, and died with his wife, children and sister at his side.

His last words were: &quot;OH WOW, OH WOW, OH WOW.&quot;

(These words were capitalized in The New York Times presentation of his sister's eulogy.)]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/steve-jobs-family-home/detail-620</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:21:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[old apple campus : apple, steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/apple-steve-jobs/old-apple-campus</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Until 1992, before construction of the campus, Apple's corporate headquarters were located in the building Mariani One at this location.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/apple-steve-jobs/old-apple-campus/detail-619</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:02:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[apple campus #1 : apple, steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/apple-steve-jobs/apple-campus-1</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Apple's headquarters are located in Cupertino, CA on 1 Infinite Loop.  The current campus was built in 1993, while Steve Jobs was not the CEO. It currently covers 32 acres over six four-floor buildings.

On June 7 2011, then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave a presentation to Cupertino City Council, detailing plans for a second campus that has not been created yet.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/apple-steve-jobs/apple-campus-1/detail-618</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:54:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[steve job&#039;s childhood home : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/steve-jobs-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs moved to this home with his parents in 1960 when he was five years old.  In 1969, he met fellow computer enthusiast Steve Wozniak.  

Together in 1975 they started assembling Apple Computers in the garage of this location, and by 1976 they had started Apple Computer Inc.

Architecturally, the home is a Joseph Eichler-built house, one of 11,000 built in California during a 25-year period.  The homes are noted for standardized, yet expressive design.  The design tends to have unadorned surfaces, clean lines, and emphasizes modernity.

Eichler himself grew up in a Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian house-- a series of contemporary homes designed for the &ldquo;everyman&rdquo; (Wright's term).  While Eichler's style differed from Wright's, the moralistic goal of democratizing good and elegant design was an imperative for both of them.

It could be postulated there are some parallels, or at least a continuity, to Steve Job's design ethos.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/steve-jobs-childhood-home/detail-617</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:30:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tejon ranch company : the karate kid]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/tejon-ranch-company</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Tejon Ranch is a 270,000 acre ranch located an hour north of Los Angeles.  At 422 square miles, it is the largest contiguous piece of private property in California, and is about 40% the size of the state of Rhode Island.  Many films have been shot here, including when Daniel-san is training while Mr. Miyagi fishes.

The Tejon Ranch Co. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: TRC).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/tejon-ranch-company/detail-616</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:14:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[leo carillo state beach : the karate kid]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/leo-carillo-state-beach</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Leo Carillo State Beach was used for all of the beach scenes in the 1984 classic The Karate Kid: Daniel playing soccer, the Cobra Kai kids beating Daniel up, and the training sequence where Daniel-san is practicing his crane kick on the pole.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/leo-carillo-state-beach/detail-615</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:02:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[orient express restaurant : the karate kid]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/orient-express-restaurant</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This filming location from The Karate Kid was featured in the scene where Daniel and his mother are having lunch at The Orient Express Restaurant.  The location is now called Express Night Club.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/orient-express-restaurant/detail-614</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:45:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[senator theatre : twelve monkeys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/senator-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Railly and Cole hide out in Baltimore's Senator Theatre during a 24-hour Hitchcock festival showing Strangers on a Train, North by Northwest, Vertigo and Psycho.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/senator-theatre/detail-613</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:42:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wanamaker&amp;rsquo;s department store : twelve monkeys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/wanamakers-department-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Former site of Wanamaker&rsquo;s Department Store where Kathryn Railly buys their disguises near the end of Twelve Monkeys. The movie Mannequin was also filmed here in the '80s. It's currently Macy's.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/wanamakers-department-store/detail-612</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:41:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[congress hotel  : twelve monkeys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/congress-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Currently the Congress Hotel Apartments, before it was renovated it was still just the decrepit Congress Hotel where transients could stay for $15 a night. It was called the Globe Hotel in Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys, where Cole and Railly hide briefly while the cops are trying to find them.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/congress-hotel/detail-611</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:39:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[garrett-jacobs mansion : twelve monkeys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/garrett-jacobs-mansion</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Garrett-Jacobs Mansion is a historic 19th century Baltimore building that is currently home to the Engineers Club. Director Terry Gilliam said they filmed there for one reason: the building's unique spiral staircase (seen here just as Cole vaults over the banister) that ends up reflecting the twisting nature of the story.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/garrett-jacobs-mansion/detail-610</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:37:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[metropolitan opera house : twelve monkeys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/metropolitan-opera-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Cole and Kathryn Railly end up at Philadelphia's Metropolitan Opera House on their search for the Army of the Twelve Monkeys. The building was in a bad state of disrepair at the time of filming. It is currently owned by the Holy Ghost Headquarters Revival ministry which has nothing to do with that shot of the street preacher standing in front of the Met sign that I grabbed from the movie. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/metropolitan-opera-house/detail-609</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:34:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[philadelphia convention center : twelve monkeys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/philadelphia-convention-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The dream sequences and the end of Twelve Monkeys were filmed at the Philadelphia Convention Center, a former train station transformed into an airport for the movie.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/philadelphia-convention-center/detail-608</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:32:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eastern state penitentiary : twelve monkeys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/eastern-state-penitentiary</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The mental institution where Cole first meets Jeffrey Goines was filmed at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/eastern-state-penitentiary/detail-607</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:30:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[philadelphia city hall : twelve monkeys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/philadelphia-city-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Twelve Monkeys was shot primarily around Philadelphia and Baltimore. The beginning of the movie where Cole is sent to the surface was filmed at Philadelphia's City Hall and then the environment was aged to look appropriately post-apocalyptic in post-production.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/twelve-monkeys/philadelphia-city-hall/detail-606</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:27:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woody&#039;s village saloon : young adult]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/young-adult/woodys-village-saloon</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Massapequa Park, NY is the stand-in for the small town of Mercury, Minnesota in the Jason Reitman/Diablo Cody movie Young Adult. Charlize Theron first encounters Patton Oswalt here at Woody's Village Saloon.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/young-adult/woodys-village-saloon/detail-605</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:55:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[golf n&#039; stuff : the karate kid]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/golf-n-stuff</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Daniel-san and Ali begin (and continue) their courtship at this magical mini-golf course and video arcade.  The decor is still very similar today, although the water slide was torn down in the mid-90s.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/golf-n-stuff/detail-604</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:12:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ali&#039;s house : the karate kid]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/alis-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Karate kid film location is Ali's (Elizabeth Shue) house.  Daniel pulls up to the fancy digs with his mom in her station wagon to pick up Ali, and his wrong-side-of-the-tracksness becomes evident.  Ali's parents come to the door in matching traffic outfits, and then the Larusso's have to push the station wagon away.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/alis-house/detail-603</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:52:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[karate kid&#039;s school : the karate kid]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/karate-kids-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Karate Kid film location is Daniel-san's high school, and is also known as the Charles Evans Hughes Middle School.  It was used in several scenes for the first Karate Kid: when Daniel and Ali are talking outside, the soccer field, and the road where Daniel causes a car accident as he runs by in his shower costume.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/karate-kids-school/detail-602</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:39:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[karate kid&#039;s apartment : the karate kid]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/karate-kids-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This address is the apartment where Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) moves into with his mother.  A beat-down apartment with a pool that has murky water in the bottom, the location only foments Daniel's status as the quintessential underdog.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-karate-kid/karate-kids-apartment/detail-599</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:57:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the psycho house : psycho, alfred hitchcock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/psycho-alfred-hitchcock/the-psycho-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although Psycho was a film for Paramount Pictures, by 1960 Alfred Hitchcock had already signed a new deal with Universal, and the filming for Psycho took place on the Universal lot.  

Both the house from the Psycho and the Bates Motel were built on the lot.  The original house was to be moved to make room for Amblin Entertainment, but it fell apart due to termite infestation.  A new house was built from the original plans.  

The house construction was based on the 1924 Edward Hopper painting, &quot;The House By The Railroad.&quot;

Alfred Hitchcock purchased the film rights to the book &quot;Psycho&quot; anonymously for $9,000.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/psycho-alfred-hitchcock/the-psycho-house/detail-598</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:17:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cross in the woods : blanche]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/blanche/cross-in-the-woods</link>
				<description><![CDATA["The World's Largest Crucifix" named by implication in the song title and lyrics. A popular stop while driving "north on 75" to the Upper Peninsula or Mackinac. 
While this bronze statue is 55 feet tall, a 60 foot tall wire rendition of Christ on the cross can be found in Bardstown, KY.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/blanche/cross-in-the-woods/detail-597</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:33:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[quality control album cover : jurassic 5]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jurassic-5/quality-control-album-cover</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The cover for Jurassic 5's album Quality Control was shot at the intersection of San Vicente Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. The tree stump that they have their headphones plugged into was either a prop or it's since been completely uprooted.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jurassic-5/quality-control-album-cover/detail-596</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:25:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kestrel house : the streets]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-streets/kestrel-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Streets first album Original Pirate Material: London's Kestrel House 

The photograph, titled &quot;Towering Inferno&quot;, is by the German photographer Rut Blees Luxemburg.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-streets/kestrel-house/detail-595</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:49:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[potter schoolhouse : the birds, alfred hitchcock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-birds-alfred-hitchcock/potter-schoolhouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This exterior film location for the 1963 film &quot;The Birds&quot; served Bodega as a schoolhouse from 1873 to 1961.  It was rebuilt for the film, and continues to stand today as a private residence.

Hitchcock fans like to take pictures of themselves running down the hill, swatting away birds that they can later Photoshop in.  At least that's what I hear...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-birds-alfred-hitchcock/potter-schoolhouse/detail-594</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:49:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tides wharf restaurant : the birds, alfred hitchcock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-birds-alfred-hitchcock/tides-wharf-restaurant</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film &quot;The Birds&quot; had the majority of its exterior filming locations in the Bodega Bay area.

The restaurant used in a number of scenes was called The Tides Restaurant.  Since renovated, the restaurant is still open and renamed The Tides Wharf Restaurant.

Apparently, Hitchcock hated shooting on location, and almost all interiors were shot in a studio.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-birds-alfred-hitchcock/tides-wharf-restaurant/detail-593</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:35:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tiffany and co. : breakfast at tiffany&#039;s, audrey hepburn]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/breakfast-at-tiffanys-audrey-hepburn/tiffany-and-co(727-5th-avenue-new-york-new-york-10022-united-states)</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's had many exteriors and interiors filmed at this location, the flagship store of Tiffany and Co.  

Directed by Blake Edwards, the film was an adaptation of the 1958 novella by Truman Capote.  The number of cultural references that have stemmed from this film are too numerous to list, but my personal favorite is Deep Blue Something's tune, &quot;Breakfast at Tiffany's&quot;.  It's a toe-tapper.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/breakfast-at-tiffanys-audrey-hepburn/tiffany-and-co(727-5th-avenue-new-york-new-york-10022-united-states)/detail-592</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:11:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[narbonne high school : frank black]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/frank-black/narbonne-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV a.k.a Black Francis a.k.a Frank Black attended high school at Narbonne in the early '80s. A student Shazeb Andleeb was beaten to death here in 1995, the subject of the song The Last Stand Of Shazeb Andleeb off of Frank Black's third album The Cult of Ray.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/frank-black/narbonne-high-school/detail-589</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:15:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[johnny cash&#039;s boyhood home : johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/johnny-cashs-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In March 1935, when Cash was three years old, his family settled at this home in Dyess, Arkansas. 

Founded in 1934, Dyess was a planned community built as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program, with streets laid out in a wheel pattern.  The main purpose of the town's administration was to give poor families a chance to start over with land that they could work toward owning.

J.R. started working in the cotton fields at the age of five, singing with his family as he worked.  The fields flooded at least twice, which later led to his song &quot;Five Feet High and Rising&quot;.

Parts of the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic &quot;Walk the Line&quot; were filmed in Dyess.

The boyhood home of Johnny Cash is now owned by Arkansas State University.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/johnny-cashs-boyhood-home/detail-588</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:42:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[folsom state prison : johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/folsom-state-prison</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened in 1880, Folsom State Prison is the second-oldest prison in the state of California.

On Dec. 15, 1955, Sun Records released &quot;Folsom Prison Blues&quot;, written and performed by Johnny Cash.  It went to #4 on the Country Western chart.  The song's melody and many of the lyrics borrowed heavily from Gordon Jenkins's 1953 Seven Dreams concept album, specifically the song &quot;Crescent City Blues&quot;.  In the early 1970s, Cash settled with Jenkins for a $75,000 payment.

Cash performed two shows at Folsom State Prison on January 13, 1968.  He was backed by June Carter (whom he married later that year), Carl Perkins, and the Tennessee Three.  The shows were recorded and released on Columbia Records as &quot;At Folsom Prison&quot; in May of 1968.

Cash's career had hit a wall from 1964-1968, due in part to drug addiction.  By 1967, he had controlled his addiction and was looking to revitalize his career.  At Folsom Prison was a hit record, reaching #1 on the CW charts and the top 15 of the national chart.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/folsom-state-prison/detail-587</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:23:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[llano del rio : frank black]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/frank-black/llano-del-rio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Llano Del Rio was a socialist commune started around 1914 by John Harriman, a socialist politician who ran twice for mayor of Los Angeles and who Frank Black also mentions in his song Ol&eacute; Mulholland. 

There were over 1000 members in the colony at its peak before it disbanded in 1918.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/frank-black/llano-del-rio/detail-586</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:52:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[foxwoods theatre : spiderman: turn off the dark]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/spiderman-turn-off-the-dark/foxwoods-theatre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark is the most expensive Broadway production ever performed.  It features music and lyrics written by Bono and the Edge.  Since its creation, it has seen a number of cast injuries from the aerial &quot;web&quot; stunts; at one point, an actor fell 20 ft down into the orchestra pit.

However, Spiderman: The Musical marches on, so get your ticket before it becomes an early 21st century anecdote.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/spiderman-turn-off-the-dark/foxwoods-theatre/detail-585</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:39:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[arches national park : indiana jones and the last crusade]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade/arches-national-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The beginning portion of the 1989 film <em>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade</em> was filmed at Arches National Park in Utah.  

The rugged terrain and unique rock structures are a national treasure, at least until we have to sell them to avoid marginal tax increases.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade/arches-national-park/detail-584</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:24:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[treasure island : indiana jones and the last crusade]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade/treasure-island</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This former naval base has been the filming location for many different films and tv shows.

The Treasure Island Naval Base served as the Zeppelin Airport in <em>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade</em>.

The Robin Williams' films <em>Flubber, What Dreams May Come, Patch Adams</em> and <em>Bicentennial Man</em> were all filmed on this island.  The "bullet-time" sequences for <em>The Matrix</em> were filmed in the former air hangers here.

And for three seasons, the Comedy Central show <em>Battlebots</em> was filmed here.  This show will undoubtedly be projected on enormous screens in the future, as our robot overlords force humans to fight each other to the death for their amusement.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade/treasure-island/detail-583</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:54:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[desert memorial park : frank sinatra&#039;s grave]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/frank-sinatras-grave/desert-memorial-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Sinatra suffered a second heart attack, he died at 10:50 pm on May 14, 1998 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.  He was 82 years old.

The official cause of death was listed as complications from dementia, heart and kidney disease, and bladder cancer.

After he died, the lights of the Las Vegas Strip were dimmed for 10 minutes.

The words &quot;The Best Is Yet to Come&quot; are imprinted on Sinatra's grave marker.  The grave can be found at plot B-8, #151.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/frank-sinatras-grave/desert-memorial-park/detail-581</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:18:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[forest lawn memorial park : michael jackson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/michael-jackson/forest-lawn-memorial-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Michael Jackson's grave is located at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.  On July 7, 2009, the Jackson family held a private service for him at Forest Lawn.  This was followed by a public memorial service for him at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Jackson's death was attributed to acute propofol intoxication compounded by the effects of benzodiazapine.  In November 2011, Jackson's doctor was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

The specific grave plot is located at the Great Mausoleum, Holly Terrace, Sanctuary of Ascension. This mausoleum is private and is locked to the general public.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/michael-jackson/forest-lawn-memorial-park/detail-580</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:04:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[graceland : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/graceland</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Graceland is the former home and current museum/final resting place of Elvis Presley.  

The tours are split among a couple of different buildings.  To the east, you take a walk through his former home, which might be described as &quot;modest opulence&quot;.  

Across the street to the west, you can walk through Elvis's plane with its gold seatbelt buckles.  You can also see a collection of Elvis's cars.

Elvis is buried outside his home by the swimming, surrounded by the graves of his family.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/graceland/detail-579</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:47:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[alta mesa memorial park : steve jobs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/alta-mesa-memorial-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although it is difficult to categorize Steve Jobs, it can't be denied he has had a profound effect on all forms of media.  

His final resting place is Alta Mesa Memorial Park, the only non-denominational cemetery in Palo Alto.  A small private funeral was held on October 7, 2011.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/technology/steve-jobs/alta-mesa-memorial-park/detail-578</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:11:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[westwood memorial park : marilyn monroe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/marilyn-monroe/westwood-memorial-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On August 8, 1962, Monroe was interred in a crypt at Corridor of Memories #24, at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Lee Strasberg delivered the eulogy. 

The crypt space immediately to the left of Monroe's was bought and reserved by Hugh Hefner in 1992.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/marilyn-monroe/westwood-memorial-park/detail-577</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:00:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jim morrison&#039;s grave : jim morrison]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison/jim-morrisons-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in Cimeti&egrave;re du P&egrave;re, the largest and most well-known cemetery in Paris, Jim Morrison's grave plot is in Division 6.  He was laid to rest on July 9, 1971.

The grave had no marking until French officials put a shield over it, which was stolen in 1973.  A bronze bust was donated by a Croatian sculpter in 1981, but was defaced then stolen in 1988.  

Many people leave empty bottles of booze and drug needles at the grave, but you won't because you're a nice person.

There are guided tours and maps available at the entrance of the cemetery.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jim-morrison/jim-morrisons-grave/detail-575</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:48:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fort apache studios : the pixies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pixies/fort-apache-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Original warehouse location of Fort Apache Studios where the Pixies demo that became known as The Purple Tape was recorded in 1987.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pixies/fort-apache-studios/detail-574</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:13:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the central saloon : mother love bone]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/mother-love-bone/the-central-saloon</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Established in 1892, The Central Saloon is Seattle&rsquo;s oldest bar. It has survived Prohibition, earthquakes, and over a hundred years of patrons.  In the 1960s, it was a hang-out for hippies and radicals.  After that, it became a favorite place for indie rockers.

It is the last place the band Mother Love Bone played with singer Andrew Wood before his death on March 19, 1990.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/mother-love-bone/the-central-saloon/detail-573</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:12:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the edgewater hotel : the beatles, led zeppelin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-led-zeppelin/the-edgewater-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Edgewater Hotel is a four-story, 223-room hotel on Pier 67 that is on Elliot Bay (part of the Puget Sound).

The Beatles stayed here on their American tour in 1964.  Crazed Beatlemania fans tried to swim around a fence that had been erected to get in the hotel. There is a famous picture of the Beatles fishing out the window.  Today, there is a Beatles themed suite to memorialize their stay.

This is also the home of the infamous Led Zeppelin mudshark incident, where members of the group and entourage &quot;caught some 30 mudsharks and left them under beds, in closets, elevators, hallways, bathtubs and all over their rooms. They threw beds, TVs, mattresses, lamps, drapes, china and glassware into Elliott Bay.&quot;

Among other sordid allegations...]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-led-zeppelin/the-edgewater-hotel/detail-572</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:01:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eagles auditorium : the doors, janis joplin]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-janis-joplin/eagles-auditorium</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The building formerly known as the Eagles Auditorium is a seven-story theater and apartment building that was opened in the mid-1920s.  It has had a long and eclectic history- Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke here in November 10, 1961 on his only visit to Seattle.

From the mid-1960s to 1970, it was a prominent rock venue, featuring shows from The Doors, the Grateful Dead, and Janis Joplin.

Today, it is on the National Register of Historic places and is home to the ACT Theater.  The building been renamed the Kreielsheimer Place.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-doors-janis-joplin/eagles-auditorium/detail-571</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:42:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[pike place market : woody guthrie, &amp;quot;spoonman&amp;quot;]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie-spoonman/pike-place-market</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This outdoor market has been a music-friendly spot for buskers for years.  Woody Guthrie used to play on the street here, and so did Artis &quot;Spoonman&quot;, the figure the 1994 Soundgarden song is about.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woody-guthrie-spoonman/pike-place-market/detail-570</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:31:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[myers music : qunicy jones, jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/qunicy-jones-jimi-hendrix/myers-music</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This address used to be the location of Myers Music.  A former music shop, the store was run by Julius M. Myers (1906-1994).

Quincy Jones bought his first trumpet here in the 1940s, and Jimi Hendrix bought his first guitar here in the 1950s.  The store was shuttered in 1984.

It is now the home of R.E. Welch Fine Art Galleries.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/qunicy-jones-jimi-hendrix/myers-music/detail-569</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:27:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the showbox : duke ellington, the ramones, pearl jam]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/duke-ellington-the-ramones-pearl-jam/the-showbox</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened in 1939, The Showbox is an art-deco theater/venue that has been presenting live music for decades. 

Icons as varied as Duke Ellington and the Ramones have toured through and played The Showbox.  Pearl Jam has also played several shows here.

Currently, about 200 shows take place here a year.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/duke-ellington-the-ramones-pearl-jam/the-showbox/detail-568</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:03:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[emp museum : pearl jam, nirvana, jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/pearl-jam-nirvana-jimi-hendrix/emp-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The EMP Museum has had an interesting history since its creation.  Founded by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen, with a building designed by Frank Gehry, the museum is currently dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction of the Seattle area.  It has had exhibitions that featured Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Jimi Hendrix (among many others).

It was also home to the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (SFM) from 2004 until it closed that portion in 2011.  

Typically, there will be a number of exhibits dealing with music through interaction or multimedia.

Note: the monorail runs through the building.  Monorail! ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/pearl-jam-nirvana-jimi-hendrix/emp-museum/detail-567</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:45:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[seattle center international fountain : nirvana, courtney love]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-courtney-love/seattle-center-international-fountain</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Typically a place where children can play in thefountain, this location is where distraught fans of Nirvana gathered to mark the death of Kurt Cobain on April 10, 1994.  Later, fans gathered to mourn the death of Alice in Chains&rsquo; singer Layne Staley on April 20, 2002. 

It was at his memorial where Cobain&rsquo;s wife Courtney Love read through (while cursing) Cobain&rsquo;s suicide note.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-courtney-love/seattle-center-international-fountain/detail-566</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:31:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[trianon ballroom : vic myers, gay jones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/vic-myers-gay-jones/trianon-ballroom</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Built in 1927, the Trianon Ballroom was a dance hall that featured top jazz era orchestras including those led by Seattle&rsquo;s Vic Meyer and Gay Jones.  Jones recorded the town&rsquo;s first ever jazz record. 

Victor Myers had a residency at the ballroom for several years, and the venue was famous for its disregard for Prohibition laws.  Myers went on to run for political office, and would campaign by driving a beer wagon through the city (during Prohibition) while his band played "Happy Days Are Here Again".

Today, the Trianon Ballroom is an office building.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/vic-myers-gay-jones/trianon-ballroom/detail-565</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:21:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the vogue : nirvana]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/the-vogue</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nirvana played its first Seattle show in this former rock venue, opening for Blood Circus in April 1988. 

This location now houses the rock and roll hair salon Vain.  

The Vogue moved to 1516 11th Ave. on Capitol Hill, but at last check is currently closed.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana/the-vogue/detail-564</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:12:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[black dog forge : soundgarden, pearl jam]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/soundgarden-pearl-jam/black-dog-forge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Pearl Jam and Soundgarden used to rehearse in the basement of this former blacksmithing studio, where many of Pearl Jam&rsquo;s stage sets were created. The forge&rsquo;s alleyway was a hangout for artists and punks.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/soundgarden-pearl-jam/black-dog-forge/detail-563</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:06:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the crocodile : nirvana, pearl jam, alice in chains]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-pearl-jam-alice-in-chains/the-crocodile</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Crocodile (formerly known as The Crocodile Cafe, or The Croc) has been a fixture of the Seattle music scene since 1991. 

Some of the bands that have played this club include Nirvana, Pearl Jame, Alice in Chains, Neutral Milk Hotel, and too many for to mention.  Death Cab for Cutie got its start here.

Scenes from the 1995 Jennifer Jason Leigh film Georgia were shot at the venue.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/nirvana-pearl-jam-alice-in-chains/the-crocodile/detail-562</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:58:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[forest hills tennis stadium : bob dylan, the beatles, jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-the-beatles-jimi-hendrix/forest-hills-tennis-stadium</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This location used to be a major concert site.  The Beatles played here to screaming fans in August 1964.  Bob Dylan played here the day after he went electric in Newport Beach.  Jimi Hendrix opened up for The Monkees here, before he quit the tour because he couldn't stand their music.

The stadium hasn't hosted a tennis tournament since 1977 and is currently in a state of disrepair.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-the-beatles-jimi-hendrix/forest-hills-tennis-stadium/detail-561</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:50:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[johnny cash birthplace : johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/johnny-cash-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland, AR on February 26, 1932.  J.R. (as he was called) was fourth of seven children.  The Cash family lived in Kingland until they moved to Dyess, Arkansas when he was three years old.

Today, there is a plaque in Kingsland commemorating the birth of the American music legend.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/johnny-cash/johnny-cash-birthplace/detail-560</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:33:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[future birthplace of james t. kirk : star trek]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/star-trek/future-birthplace-of-james-t-kirk</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Behind the old barber shop is a plaque that commemorates a fictional event 200 years from now.  On March 22, 2228, Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise will be born in Riverside, IA.  This was self-proclaimed by the city of Riverside, and good on them for showing the initiative.  They were going to do a bronze bust of Kirk, but Paramount wanted $40,000.

The Riverside History Center has dedicated a room to Star Trek called The Voyage Home.  Each year the community club puts on Trek Fest where Trekkies congregate.  There is a sculpture in the park that has an eerie similarity (but legally dissimilar) to the Enterprise.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/star-trek/future-birthplace-of-james-t-kirk/detail-559</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:15:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[john wayne&#039;s birthplace : john wayne]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-wayne/john-waynes-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison at 216 South Second Street in Winterset, Iowa on May 26, 1907.  The son of Clyde and Mary Brown Morrison, his middle name was changed to Mitchell after his younger brother was named Robert.

Wayne's father was a pharmacist who worked on the south side of Winterset's town square.  John Wayne would go on to star in 142 movies.

Today, guided tours of the birthplace are available.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/john-wayne/john-waynes-birthplace/detail-558</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:45:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tikal national park : star wars: episode IV]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-episode-iv/tikal-national-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Tikal National Park in Guatemala is probably better known as Yavin 4, home to the Rebel Alliance's military base in Star Wars. This was my least favorite scene in Star Wars as a kid. I think it looked too Earth-like with all its trees, like the Millennium Falcon was just landing on Earth getting tagged by some idiot with a radar gun. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-episode-iv/tikal-national-park/detail-557</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:46:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[letterman digital arts center  : industrial light &amp;amp; magic, george lucas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/industrial-light-magic-george-lucas/letterman-digital-arts-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Home to Lucasfilm's Industrial Light &amp; Magic. Over the years, ILM has CGI'd such classics as The Phantom Menace, Speed Racer and The Last Airbender. Also, there is statue of Yoda on a fountain.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/industrial-light-magic-george-lucas/letterman-digital-arts-center/detail-556</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:05:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the gold dollar : the white stripes; electric six; the dirtbombs; the paybacks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-white-stripes-electric-six-the-dirtbombs-the-paybacks/the-gold-dollar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Music venue for local and smaller touring acts, open from 08/1996 to 08/2001.  The White Stripes debuted at this location on 08/15/1997.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-white-stripes-electric-six-the-dirtbombs-the-paybacks/the-gold-dollar/detail-554</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:58:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[griffith observatory : rebel without a cause, the rocketeer, transformers]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/rebel-without-a-cause-the-rocketeer-transformers/griffith-observatory</link>
				<description><![CDATA[It doesn't seem like Hollywood likes to venture very far beyond their backyard when scouting locations. Among other things, the Griffith Observatory has been seen in MacGyver, Quantum Leap, 24, Terminator, The Rocketeer, Transformers and most notably in Rebel Without a Cause.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/rebel-without-a-cause-the-rocketeer-transformers/griffith-observatory/detail-553</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:48:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[george harrison&#039;s boyhood home : the beatles, george harrison]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-george-harrison/george-harrisons-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[George Harrison's family moved to this location in 1950.  

While initially a good student, he had an epiphany while riding his bike around.  He heard the Elvis tune &quot;Heartbreak Hotel&quot; coming out of a window and was hooked.  He directed his energy into music instead of schoolwork after that.

Harrison and McCartney became friends in 1954. After Harrison showed Lennon how he could play the song &quot;Raunchy&quot; in 1958, he became a member of John Lennon's early band, The Quarrymen.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-george-harrison/george-harrisons-boyhood-home/detail-552</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:02:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paul mccartney&#039;s first home : the beatles, paul mccartney]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-paul-mccartney/paul-mccartneys-first-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Paul McCartney lived at this location with his mother, father, and brother Mike (born January 7, 1944) from in his birth in 1942 until his family moved to 20 Forthlin Road in 1955.

In 1954, he met George Harrison on the school bus since they were both attending grammar school.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-paul-mccartney/paul-mccartneys-first-home/detail-551</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:35:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paul mccartney&#039;s birthplace : the beatles, paul mccartney]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-paul-mccartney/paul-mccartneys-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Paul McCartney was born on June 18, 1942 at Walton Hospital in Liverpool.  Paul's mother, Mary, had worked as a nurse in the hospital maternity ward.

The old Walton Hospital was demolished in August 2011, and will reopen in 2013 as a mental health care facility run by the health trust Mersey Care.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-paul-mccartney/paul-mccartneys-birthplace/detail-550</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:26:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[john lennon&#039;s birthplace : the beatles, john lennon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-john-lennon/john-lennons-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[John Winston Lennon was born at this location at 6:30 a.m. on October 9, 1940.  

Formerly the Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Lennon was born during the Nazi Luftwaffe bombing campaigns of the city.

Today, there is a plaque that commemorates his birth.

From Lennon's Book, In His Own Write: &quot;I was bored on the 9th of Octover 1940 when, I believe, the Nasties were still booming us led by Madolf Heatlump (who only had one). Anyway they didn't get me.&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-john-lennon/john-lennons-birthplace/detail-549</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:01:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[great northern hotel : twin peaks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/great-northern-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This address is the Twin Peaks filming location for the Great Northern Hotel.  

Officially called the Salish Lodge and Spa, the hotel is situated above Snoqualmie Falls, a waterfall that is a 268 ft drop- 100 feet higher than Niagara Falls.  

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/great-northern-hotel/detail-548</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:40:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[joyce&#039;s house : kindergarten cop]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/kindergarten-cop/joyces-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Did you know this Kindergarten Cop location was used as Joyce Palmieri's a.k.a. Rachel Crisp's (played by Penelope Anne Miller) house?

Now you do.  You're welcome.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/kindergarten-cop/joyces-house/detail-547</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:23:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[astoria elementary school : kindergarten cop]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/kindergarten-cop/astoria-elementary-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[&quot;We got to make another Arnold Schwarzenburger film.  Those things make piles of cash,&quot; said Studio Exec. A.

&quot;I don't think we should make another sequel,&quot; said Studio Exec. B, who was later fired for having a shred of a soul.

&quot;We've done almost everything.  Let's try something wacky, just to see if it works.  What if...what if he's a kindergarten teacher  or something?&quot; said Studio Exec. A, who was later asphyxiated by spray-tan.


&quot;A kindergarten teacher who ends up killing the bad guy, right?&quot;

&quot;Of course.&quot;

Parts of the zany 1990 movie Kindergarten Cop were filmed at this location.  The movie made over $91 million in domestic box office receipts alone.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/kindergarten-cop/astoria-elementary-school/detail-546</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:11:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[yaquina head lighthouse : the ring]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-ring/yaquina-head-lighthouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Remember the spooky lighthouse from The Ring?  I don't either, probably because my eyes were closed and pouring out tears.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-ring/yaquina-head-lighthouse/detail-545</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:47:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[elstree studios : star wars, raiders of the lost ark, the shining]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-the-shining/elstree-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Back before CGI was used to make movies completely devoid of humanity, they would construct elaborate film sets to fulfill a director's vision.

Elstree Studios is a term used to describe any of the film studios that were based in the towns of Borehamwood and Elstree in Hertfordshire, England, since film production begun in 1927.

Many directors have shot their films here.  George Lucas famously clashed with studio hands over his puzzling sets and bizarre methods for Star Wars.

Kubrick shot all of the interiors for The Shining here, with chilling results.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/star-wars-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-the-shining/elstree-studios/detail-544</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:41:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mouth&#039;s house : the goonies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/mouths-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located at the top of the hill, at the intersection of Valley Road and Skyline Road, is Mouth's house from The Goonies.  It is featured briefly in the opening credit montage.

The opening sequence was shot by Steven Spielberg.  Spielberg also shot many of the scenes with the adult actors in the film, while Richard Donner did most of the work with the kids.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/mouths-house/detail-539</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:01:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[warren field : the goonies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/warren-field</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This location is from the beginning credits, when the Fratellis are being pursued by the police, and Andy (Kerri Green) is leading cheer practice.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/warren-field/detail-534</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:48:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cannon beach : the goonies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/cannon-beach</link>
				<description><![CDATA[There are several scenes that were filmed on Cannon Beach for the classic 1985 adventure movie The Goonies.

During the intro credits, the Fratellis escape the police by switching to &quot;ORV&quot; (off-road vehicle) and joining the race on the beach.

Cannon Beach is also where the Goonies emerge from One-Eyed Willie's treasure cave, are reunited with their families, and save the Goondocks.

Interestingly, Haystack Rock (located off of Cannon Beach) is 235 feet tall and is considered the third largest monolith in the world.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/cannon-beach/detail-533</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:26:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lighthouse lounge : the goonies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/lighthouse-lounge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Goonies film location is where the exterior Lighthouse Lounge scenes were shot.  Filmed in Ecola State Park, which is 2 miles north of Cannon Beach, the Lighthouse Lounge is where the Goonies meet the Fratellis, get locked in the basement, and escape through the tunnel.

The restaurant exterior was built by the film crew around an existing park shelter.  

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/lighthouse-lounge/detail-532</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:15:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hotel bristol : fight club]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/hotel-bristol</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Marla Singer's apartment building in downtown Los Angeles.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/hotel-bristol/detail-531</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:49:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[biltmore hotel : fight club]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/biltmore-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles where the boys dressed as waiters threaten the police commissioner. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/biltmore-hotel/detail-530</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:47:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[california plaza water court : fight club]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/california-plaza-water-court</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Operation Latte Thunder: destroy a piece of corporate art and trash a franchise coffee bar.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/california-plaza-water-court/detail-529</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:44:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[llantera tire center : fight club]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/llantera-tire-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The spot of one of the homework assignments in Fight Club.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/llantera-tire-center/detail-528</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:43:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st brendan catholic church : fight club]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/st-brendan-catholic-church</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Edward Norton's unnamed character in Fight Club attended cancer support groups meetings here at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Los Angeles.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/st-brendan-catholic-church/detail-527</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:41:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[promenade towers : fight club]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/promenade-towers</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Location of Ed Norton's condo from the beginning of Fight Club. It was called Pearson Towers in the movie.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/promenade-towers/detail-526</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:39:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[launderland coin op laundry : fight club]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/launderland-coin-op-laundry</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the laundromat in Los Angeles where Marla Singer steals clothes. The vintage clothing store where she sells the clothes was down the street, but it's no longer there.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/fight-club/launderland-coin-op-laundry/detail-525</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:37:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kronk gym : out of sight]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/out-of-sight/kronk-gym</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The scene in Out of Sight where Jack and Buddy finally make it to Detroit and meet up again with Glenn and Maurice (my all-time favorite Don Cheadle performance) was filmed at the legendary Kronk boxing gym. For the shoot, they moved the training facility upstairs from the windowless basement.

Thomas Hearns, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis and many other world champs all trained here at one time. It's been closed since 2006.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/out-of-sight/kronk-gym/detail-524</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:33:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[stop and snack store : the goonies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/stop-and-snack-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Goonies movie location is from the police chase when Rosalita is crossing the street and nearly hit by the speeding vehicles.  

There is also a deleted scene where the Stop and Snack Store is featured.  It is now called the Astoria Coffee Co.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/stop-and-snack-store/detail-537</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:54:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[motown museum : berry gordy, jr.]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/berry-gordy-jr/motown-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Home purchased by Berry Gordy that became the home and studio of Motown Records. Smokey Robinson &amp; the Miracles, Diana Ross &amp; the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and many other legends graced this studio, which is now a museum.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/berry-gordy-jr/motown-museum/detail-521</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:19:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[clatsop county jail : the goonies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/clatsop-county-jail</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Goonies film location is the from the scenes where the Fratellis break Jake out of jail.

It is now the Oregon Film Museum and has hands-on exhibits for the films The Goonies, Kindergarten Cop, Twilight, Sometimes a Great Notion and National Lampoon's Animal House.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/clatsop-county-jail/detail-536</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:53:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[flavel house : the goonies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/flavel-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Goonies film location is known as The Flavel House, and is also the site of the Clatsop County Historical Society.

This is where Mikey's dad is working the flag pole as the Goonies cruise by on their bikes, and they say hello to each other.

The Goonies was released on June 9, 1985, and made $9,105,913 its first weekend.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/flavel-house/detail-519</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:43:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chunk&#039;s bowling alley : the goonies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/chunks-bowling-alley</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Goonies film location is where Chunk sees the Fratelli's truck chased by police cars, smears his pizza on the window, and shoots the milkshake on his face.

The place has been remodeled, but the view from the window is the same.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/chunks-bowling-alley/detail-522</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:13:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[data&#039;s house : the goonies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/datas-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This address is Data's house in the 1985 film, The Goonies.  

In the film, Data is able to enter Mikey and Brand's house by sliding down a zip line.  Nice work, Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus (story and writer of The Goonies, respectively).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/datas-house/detail-538</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:56:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the goonies&#039; house : the goonies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/the-goonies-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Goonies House is located in Astoria, Oregon.  In the film, this is Mikey and Brand's house, where the Goonies' congregate before going on adventure.  Saving this home (and other Goonies' homes) from becoming a golf course is the plot motivation.  
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-goonies/the-goonies-house/detail-535</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:51:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paul mccartney&#039;s childhood home : the beatles, paul mccartney]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-paul-mccartney/paul-mccartneys-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Paul McCarney's childhood home is located at 20 Forthlin Road in Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

Built by the local authority, the McCartney family moved into the house in 1955.  Paul McCartney bought his father a home in 1965 in the Wirral.

Owned by the National Trust, they market the home as &quot;the birthplace of the Beatles&quot; since their earliest practicing and song-writing occurred here.

Unlike Lennon's home, this location does not a blue plaque from English Heritage because the figure has not &quot;&quot;been dead for 20 years, or passed the centenary of their birth&quot;.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-paul-mccartney/paul-mccartneys-childhood-home/detail-515</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:02:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[freebody park : bob dylan, electric dylan event]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-electric-dylan-event/freebody-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On Jul 25, 1965, Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island.  Dylan had drawn widespread support from fans for his 1963 and 1964 Newport Folk Festival sets with Joan Baez.

In 1965, Dylan was supporting his fifth studio album, Bringing It All Back Home.  The first side of the album was Bob Dylan's signature acoustic folk style; the second side of this album featured a backing band and was rock.  When Dylan walked on stage with an electric guitar and a band, the boos started immediately.

The band launched into &quot;Maggie's Farm,&quot;  and the distaste from the folkies was immediate.  Boos and jeering rolled out from the crowd.  Pete Seeger wanted to take an axe to the power cables to the set.  

The debate still exists whether the audience was angry about the short set or angry that Dylan had betrayed folk and played electric, but the results were the same- they were pissed, and Dylan had gone rock.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-electric-dylan-event/freebody-park/detail-514</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:55:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[timberline lodge : the shining]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-shining/timberline-lodge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Timberline Lodge is a ski lodge in the Mt. Hood National Forest.  

It is also the exterior filming location for The Shining- the 1980 psychological horror-thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Stephen King, and starring Jack Nicholson. 

This is where all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-shining/timberline-lodge/detail-513</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:50:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ed sullivan theater : elvis presley, the beatles, the doors]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley-the-beatles-the-doors/ed-sullivan-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Running from 1948 to 1971, The Ed Sullivan Show was a variety TV show hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan.  The host was a bit of a king-maker, and a group or artist could say they &quot;made it&quot; if they played the show.

Bill Haley and His Comets performed their then-current hit &quot;Rock Around the Clock&quot; in early August 1955, marking the first televised performance of a rock and roll song.

On September 9, 1956, Elvis made his first of three appearances on the show.  The myth of having to shoot Elvis from the waist up is false.  Elvis's full body gyrations can be seen throughout the performance.

The Beatles appeared on three consecutive Sundays in February 1964.  The February 9th performance is considered the beginning of the British invasion.  By the third performance, 73 million viewers were tuning in (breaking the record at the time).

Today, The Ed Sullivan Theater is the filming location for The Late Show with David Letterman.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley-the-beatles-the-doors/ed-sullivan-theater/detail-512</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:31:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sun studios : elvis presley, johnny cash]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley-johnny-cash/sun-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sun Studios is a legendary recording studio opened by Sam Philips on January 3, 1950.  Known initially as Memphis Recording Service, it was in the same building as Sun Records, and would later shorten its name to Sun Studio.

Philips recorded Ike Turner's &quot;Rocket 88&quot; here in 1951.  The speaker cone of the amp had been damaged, so they stuffed newspaper in an attempt to repair it.  This is probably the first instance of guitar distortion, and arguably the first rock and roll song.

On July 18, 1953, Presley walked into the offices of Sun to &quot;record a song for his mother.&quot;  The young singer was trying to get discovered for his talent.
  
On July 5, 1954, Elvis was finally in the studio trying to record some tunes.  All the songs were coming out flat and uninteresting.  They were nearly finished when Elvis started jumping around doing &quot;That's All Right, Mama.&quot;  Bill Black, the bass player, started joking around, then guitarist Scotty Moore.  The song became a hit.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley-johnny-cash/sun-studios/detail-511</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:00:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[elvis presley&#039;s birthplace : elvis presley]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/elvis-presleys-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Elvis Presley was born at this location in Jan. 8, 1935, in the house that his father built for $180.  Although the family moved occasionally, they lived mostly in the Tupelo area until 1948 when they left for Memphis.

The city of Tupelo bought the house and land with money from a 1956 Elvis concert, who wanted a park for neighborhood children. Today, the birthplace is part of the 15-acre Elvis Presley Park. On the grounds include the house where he was born, a museum, and a chapel.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/elvis-presley/elvis-presleys-birthplace/detail-510</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:13:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bessie smith car accident : bessie smith]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bessie-smith/bessie-smith-car-accident</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bessie Smith, sometimes called The Empress of the Blues, was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s and 30s.  Signed with Columbia Records, she made 160 recordings for the label, and became their best-selling recording artist at the time.  

On September 26, 1937, Bessie Smith was critically injured at this location in a car accident.

She was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bessie-smith/bessie-smith-car-accident/detail-509</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:03:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[riverside hotel : bessie smith, ike turner, &amp;quot;rocket 88&amp;quot;]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bessie-smith-ike-turner-rocket-88/riverside-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This former hospital in Clarksdale, MS is a music landmark.  The owner, Frank &quot;Rat&quot; Ratcliff, is part proprietor/part blues historian and is happy to disclose all of the famous musicians who have been through.  

On September 26, 1937, Bessie Smith died in Room #2 of this building after a car accident when it was a hospital.  It was converted to a hotel in 1944.

In the early months of 1951, Ike Turner practiced with his band here, and worked out the song &quot;Rocket 88&quot; during rehearsals in the basement.  Released under the band name Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats (Jackie was the saxophone player and vocalist on the track), &quot;Rocket 88&quot; is considered by many to be the first rock and roll song ever recorded.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bessie-smith-ike-turner-rocket-88/riverside-hotel/detail-508</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:44:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[woodstock : woodstock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woodstock/woodstock</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the summer of love, 1969, a pretty cool dairy farmer named Max Yasgur agreed to let half a million hippies on his 600-acre farm for three days (Aug 15-18) of a concert named Woodstock.  He was not a hippie, but he recognized the need to bridge the generation gap.

He was paid $50,000 for the land rental, but was ostracized by his community for dealing with &quot;flower children.&quot;

When some folks were trying to sell water at the festival, Max put up a sign that said &quot;Free Water,&quot; gathered up all his dairy bottles, filled them with water, and gave them away.

Oh, and three days of 500,000 people gathering to listen to music, do drugs, and dance naked in the rain was a fairly significant event as well.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/woodstock/woodstock/detail-506</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:00:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[clear lake plane crash : buddy holly, ritchie valens, big bopper]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly-ritchie-valens-big-bopper/clear-lake-plane-crash</link>
				<description><![CDATA[About one quarter of a mile west of the intersection of 315th Street and Gull Avenue, five miles (8 km) north of Clear Lake, there is a monument depicting a steel guitar and a set of three records bearing the names of each of the three performers (Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper) and the pilot (Roger Peterson) that died when their plane crashed on February 3, 1959.

The entrance to the crash site is marked by a large plasma-cut steel copy of Holly's signature glasses.

A road originating near The Surf Ballroom and extending north past the west of the crash site is now known as Buddy Holly Place.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly-ritchie-valens-big-bopper/clear-lake-plane-crash/detail-505</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:21:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the surf ballroom : buddy holly, ritchie valens, the big bopper]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly-ritchie-valens-the-big-bopper/the-surf-ballroom</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On February 2, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper played their last performance here as part of the &quot;Winter Dance Party Tour&quot;.  

That night, they went to nearby Mason City to catch a plane to the Fargo airport to play a show in Moorhead.  A 21-year-old pilot had agreed to fly them to Fargo for $36 a piece.  Their plane crashed less than six miles from the airport.

This later became known as &quot;The Day the Music Died,&quot; which is also a popular song by Don McLean, who drove his Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry.

On September 6, 2011, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/buddy-holly-ritchie-valens-the-big-bopper/the-surf-ballroom/detail-504</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:12:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gibsons bar &amp;amp; steakhouse : the league]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-league/gibsons-bar-steakhouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is where Ruxin, Pete, Andre, Kevin, Jenny, and Taco meet to destroy each others self-confidence and talk football.  Although there are three locations of Gibson's, they use the downtown one for exterior shots (you can see the cross street is Bellevue).

Admittedly, the cast said in an Onion AV Club interview that this is all stock footage to make it feel like Chicago.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-league/gibsons-bar-steakhouse/detail-503</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:42:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the beatles story : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-beatles-story</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened in May of 1990 and located within Liverpool&rsquo;s historic Albert Dock and the Pier Head, the Beatles Story is a themed tourist attraction celebrating the Beatles.  

There are number of unique Beatles-related items here: John Lennon's iconic round spectacles, George Harrison's first ever guitar,a replica of Cavern Club, and more.

The Britannia Vaults, Albert Dock is a World Heritage site.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-beatles-story/detail-501</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:37:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[penny lane : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/penny-lane</link>
				<description><![CDATA[&quot;Penny Lane&quot; is one side of a single that was released in February 1967.  The other side was &quot;Strawberry Fields Forever.&quot;  It was later released on the Magical Mystery Tour LP.

The song references several local landmarks: the shelter in the roundabout, the fire station (down the road), the barbershop.

Written by McCartney and credited Lennon-McCartney, the two would meet at the bus stop at Penny Lane to catch a ride downtown.  There is a sign at the bus stop that is something of a Beatles fan landmark.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/penny-lane/detail-500</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:20:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lennon&#039;s childhood home : the beatles, john lennon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-john-lennon/lennons-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[John Lennon spent the first 5 years of his life here from 1940-1945.  The home is a short distance from Penny Lane in Liverpool.  

This was the family home of his mother, Julia Stanley.  Lennon moved in with his aunt and uncle to 251 Menlove Ave (or Mendips).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-john-lennon/lennons-childhood-home/detail-499</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:01:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ringo&#039;s birthplace : the beatles, ringo starr]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-ringo-starr/ringos-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Richard Starkey (a.k.a. Ringo Starr) was born at this address on July 7, 1940.  

His neighborhood was strafed with bombs during World War II. Richard and Elsie Starkey rented a house at 9 Madryn Street for 10 shillings (&pound;0.50) a week, but separated three years later and mother and son moved to a smaller, less expensive house in nearby Admiral Grove.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-ringo-starr/ringos-birthplace/detail-498</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:51:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[harrison&#039;s birthplace : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/harrisons-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[George Harrison was born here on February 25, 1943.  He lived in this small terraced house in a cul-de-sac with his parents and three siblings for 6 years.

Harrison would later say of the house: &quot;Try and imagine the soul entering the womb of a woman living at 12 Arnold Grove... There were all the barrage balloons, and the Germans bombing Liverpool. All that was going on. I sat outside the house a couple of years ago, imagining 1943, nipping through the spiritual world, the astral level, getting back into a body in that house. That really is strange when you consider the whole planet, all the planets there may be on a spiritual level. How do I come into that family, in that house at that time, and who am I anyway?&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/harrisons-birthplace/detail-496</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:32:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kurt vonnegut memorial library : kurt vonnegut]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/kurt-vonnegut/kurt-vonnegut-memorial-library</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the The Emelie Building in Indianapolis, the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library was created to honor his legacy.  The KVML holds a collection of Vonnegut photos, writings, and possessions of the famous writer.  The library serves as a cultural and educational resource facility, museum, art gallery, and reading room, as well as supporting language and visual arts education through programs and outreach activities with other groups.

Admission is free, donations are accepted, and the library is open 12-5 pm daily (except Wednesday).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/kurt-vonnegut/kurt-vonnegut-memorial-library/detail-495</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:32:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[vonnegut&#039;s boyhood home : kurt vonnegut]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/kurt-vonnegut/vonneguts-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Vonnegut lived here with his family for the first eight years of his life, from 1923 to 1930.

Remnants of the Vonneguts remain, including a leaded glass window in the front door that bears his parents' monogram, and the entire family left their handprints in cement outside the back door.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/kurt-vonnegut/vonneguts-boyhood-home/detail-494</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:57:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[vonnegut&#039;s grade school : kurt vonnegut]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/kurt-vonnegut/vonneguts-grade-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/kurt-vonnegut/vonneguts-grade-school/detail-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[vonnegut&#039;s high school : kurt vonnegut]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/kurt-vonnegut/vonneguts-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Kurt Vonnegut graduated from this Shortridge High School in 1940.  Opened in 1864, it is the oldest free high school in Indiana.  Vonnegut wrote for the newspaper, the Echo, here and also served as its editor.

He spoke highly of the institution: &quot;It's my dream of America with great public schools. I thought we should be the envy of the world with our public schools. And I went to such a public school. So I knew that such a school was possible. Shortridge High School in Indianapolis produced not only me, but the head writer on the I LOVE LUCY show (Madelyn Pugh). And, my God, we had a daily paper, we had a debating team, had a fencing team. We had a chorus, a jazz band, a serious orchestra. And all this with a Great Depression going on. And I wanted everybody to have such a school.&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/kurt-vonnegut/vonneguts-high-school/detail-492</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:33:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[manitoba royal theater : keanu reeves]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/keanu-reeves/manitoba-royal-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Reeve-ster (or K-Pax, or K-Wood) played Hamlet at this theater in 1995.  It was something of a cultural event for Winnipeg, and the show sold-out every night.  The city set up a Keanu hotline where they could call with sightings of the actor.  

Most people thought he would be horrible, yet he received positive (if not glowing) praise for arguably one of the toughest acting roles. 

Well done, K-Swiss.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/keanu-reeves/manitoba-royal-theater/detail-489</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:42:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the plaza hotel : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-plaza-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Beatles stayed here during their first trip to the United States. The throngs of fans forced them to stay in the hotel. 

In London, there was one station, and the amount of radio stations in New York fascinated them.  They ended up calling the radio stations to request songs. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-plaza-hotel/detail-487</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:10:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[carnegie hall : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/carnegie-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Beatles played two sold out shows here on Feb. 12, 1964. They were the first rock band to play this venue.  

There were rumors that the two 35-minute sets were recorded, but nothing has ever been found.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/carnegie-hall/detail-486</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:54:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[tailor&#039;s shop : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/tailors-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This location was a tailor's shop where the Beatles bought jeans, leather pants, and clothes when they were performing in Hamburg in 1961.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/tailors-shop/detail-485</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:25:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paul hundertmark&#039;s : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/paul-hundertmarks</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is a men's clothing store that the Beatles went to buy cowboy boots, jeans, and leather pants during their stint in Hamburg in 1961.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/paul-hundertmarks/detail-484</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:23:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rochester adams high school : madonna]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/madonna/rochester-adams-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Class of '76.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/madonna/rochester-adams-high-school/detail-483</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:12:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[grande ballroom : led zeppelin, janis joplin, pink floyd, the grateful dead, jeff beck, cream, mc5, the stooges]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/led-zeppelin-janis-joplin-pink-floyd-the-grateful-dead-jeff-beck-cream-mc5-the-stooges/grande-ballroom</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Grande Ballroom is a historic live music venue located at 8952 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The building was designed by Detroit engineer and architect Charles N. Agree in 1928 and originally served as a multi-purpose building, hosting retail business on the first floor and a large dance hall upstairs.[1] During this period the Grande was renowned for its outstanding hardwood dance floor which took up most of the second floor.

Closed in 1972, the building has rarely been used and has fallen into a state of disrepair. As of 2010 it remained inactive and open to redevelopment.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/led-zeppelin-janis-joplin-pink-floyd-the-grateful-dead-jeff-beck-cream-mc5-the-stooges/grande-ballroom/detail-482</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:40:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hotel pacific : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/hotel-pacific</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Beatles stayed at this location when it was the Hotel Pacific from December 18-31, 1962, when they were playing The Star-Club.  Their last Star-Club show was recorded and released as the album called &quot;The Beatles: Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962&quot;.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/hotel-pacific/detail-480</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:14:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hotel germania : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/hotel-germania</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Beatles stayed at this hotel from November 1-14, 1962, when they were playing the Star-Club.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/hotel-germania/detail-479</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:06:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[beatles-platz : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/beatles-platz</link>
				<description><![CDATA[At the corner of Reeperbahn and Gro&szlig;e Freiheit streets in St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg is a plaza dedicated to the Beatles time in Hamburg.  Black and circular to symbolically represent a vinyl record, the plaza is 29 m (95 ft) in diameter.  Surrounding the plaza are steel outline structures to represent John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and a combined Pete Best/Ringo Starr drummer.  The structure was completed on September 1, 2008 ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/beatles-platz/detail-478</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:39:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[friedrich-ebert-halle : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/friedrich-ebert-halle</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On June 22, 1961, the Beatles drove with Tony Sheridan of the Hurricanes to Hamburg-Harburg (a suburb of Hamburg) to record at the Freidrich-Ebert Hall.  They were paid 330 Deutschmarks (around $75) to back-up Sheridan on his recording of &quot;My Bonnie&quot;.  

The single was released as 'Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers' on October 31, 1961 on Polydor Records.  It was released in the U.K. on January 5, 1962, and saw limited release in the U.S. on Decca Records.

The Beatles received a one-year contract from Polydor Records based on the strength of this record at their first session on June 22, 1961.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/friedrich-ebert-halle/detail-474</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:50:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[beatlemania hamburg : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/beatlemania-hamburg</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened in May 2009, this is a museum conceived as a &quot;Beatles experience&quot;. 

It is located in the St. Pauli district, near the Beatles-Platz and the Gro&szlig;e Freiheit, location of the clubs in which the Beatles played during their formative Hamburg period in the early '60s.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/beatlemania-hamburg/detail-473</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:40:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dallas/fort worth international airport : primer]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/primer/dallasfort-worth-international-airport</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Final scene of the movie was shot here, filmed pre-9/11 which is how they were able to get away with it.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/primer/dallasfort-worth-international-airport/detail-472</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:12:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[richardson public library : primer]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/primer/richardson-public-library</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is where Abe and Aaron do stock market research during their time traveling and also where half of the script for Primer was written according to writer/director/Aaron Shane Carruth. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/primer/richardson-public-library/detail-471</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:10:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sonic drive-in : primer]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/primer/sonic-drive-in</link>
				<description><![CDATA[If you're a nerd and you listen to the Primer dvd commentary, you will find out this was shot at the Sonic Drive-In by the Addison airport in Texas.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/primer/sonic-drive-in/detail-470</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:09:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[university of texas - dallas : primer]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/primer/university-of-texas-dallas</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This scene, where one of the Abes and one of the Aarons learn about aspergillus ticor, was shot at the University of Texas at Dallas. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/primer/university-of-texas-dallas/detail-469</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:07:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fountain from primer : primer]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/primer/fountain-from-primer</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I've seen Primer dozens of times, but it seems like this is the part of the movie where I always realize I have no idea what is going on.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/primer/fountain-from-primer/detail-468</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:06:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[u-haul moving &amp;amp; storage  : primer]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/primer/u-haul-moving-storage</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the U-Haul storage where Abe and Aaron keep &quot;the boxes.&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/primer/u-haul-moving-storage/detail-467</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:58:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[akustik studio : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/akustik-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In a small booth on the fifth floor of 57 Kirchenallee (also known as the Klockmann-House), the Fab Four recorded together for the first time.

On October 18, 1960, the Beatles manager, Alan Williams, had arranged for them to do play and sing harmonies as a backup for the Hurricane's singer Lou Walters.  Since Pete Best was buying drumsticks, the Hurricane's drummer Ringo Starr sat in on the recording.  This was the first time Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr recorded together.  

They recorded three songs: &quot;Fever&quot;, &quot;September Song&quot; and &quot;Summertime&quot;.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/akustik-studio/detail-466</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:51:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the indra club : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-indra-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This was the first club that the Beatles played when they arrived in Hamburg.  The club was owned by Bruno Koschmider, who also owned the Kaiserkeller and the Bambi Kino.  

Koschmider had a contract with the Beatles.  They were paid &pound;2.50 each a day, seven days a week, playing from 8:30-9:30, 10 until 11, 11:30-12:30, and finishing the evening playing from one until two o'clock in the morning.  

German customers found the group's name comical, as &quot;Beatles&quot; sounded like &quot;Peedles&quot;, which meant a small boy's penis.

After the closure of the Indra because of complaints about the noise, The Beatles played in the Kaiserkeller, starting on October 4, 1960.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-indra-club/detail-465</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:36:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the top ten club : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-top-ten-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Th Top Ten Club opened in 1960 by Peter Eckhorn.  The Beatles played here during their first stint in Hamburg from October-November of 1960.  After three of the Beatles had been deported, they returned to Liverpool.

The band returned for a residency at the club from April to July 1961.  Eckhorn secured their return by paying 158 deutsche marks to the authorities, the cost of deporting McCartney and Best the previous winter.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-top-ten-club/detail-464</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:27:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[davidwache police station : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/davidwache-police-station</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the red-light district of Hamburg, the Davidwache (or Reeperbahn, for the street) Police Station is one of the most notorious in Germany.

It was here where Paul McCartney and Pete Best spent three hours on arson charges for setting a condom on fire at the Bambi Kino.  They were deported on December 4, 1960.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/davidwache-police-station/detail-463</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:07:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the bambi kino : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-bambi-kino</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A former porn theater in Hamburg, the Bambi Kino is most famous for its tenants in the early 60s.  

The Beatles arrived in Hamburg on August 17, 1960.  Bruno Koschmider, the owner of the Indra and Kaiserkeller clubs in Hamburg, let them stay in the storeroom behind the screen of the theater, which he also owned.  

McCartney later said: &quot;We lived backstage in the Bambi Kino, next to the toilets, and you could always smell them. The room had been an old storeroom, and there were just concrete walls and nothing else. No heat, no wallpaper, not a lick of paint; and two sets of bunk beds, with not very much covers&mdash;Union Jack flags&mdash;we were frozen.&quot;

When the Beatles got a better offer in Hamburg, Koschmider reported Harrison as being underage for a work visa, and he was deported on November 30, 1962.  McCartney and Best retaliated by nailing a condom to the wall and setting it on fire.  They were arrested for arson. Now an apartment building, the cinema entrance was where the garage door now stands.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-bambi-kino/detail-462</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:44:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[jacaranda club : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/jacaranda-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1957, Alan Williams leased a former watch-repair shop and turned it into a coffee shop.  Located near the Liverpool institute (Paul McCartney) and the Liverpool Art College (Stu Sutcliffe, John Lennon), members of the Beatles would hang out here.  Williams hired Stu and John to do a mural in the ladies restroom.  

The Beatles booked a number of gigs here, and Williams became their manager.  It was under his instruction and supervision that they went to Hamburg, Germany.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/jacaranda-club/detail-460</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:08:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the casbah : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-casbah</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened on August 29, 1959 by Mona Best, mother of original Beatles drummer Pete Best, the Casbah Coffee Club was located in the cellar of the Best's family home.  It was a member's only club for her sons and her friends to meet up and listen to music.

The Quarrymen (John Lennon and Paul McCartney's band before the Beatles) went to the club to arrange a performance there.  Mona Best agreed, but said she needed to finish painting the club.  All of the Quarrymen grabbed some brushes and started painting, including spiders, dragons, rainbows and stars.

The paintings still exist, and the basement is a Grade II listed building with a blue plaque (by English Heritage) and is open to the public for tours.  It also contains 1960&rsquo;s musical equipment, amplifiers and original chairs.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-casbah/detail-459</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:49:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ringos childhood home : the beatles, ringo starr]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-ringo-starr/ringos-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ringo moved here with his mother as she remarried.  He lived here from the age of three onward.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-ringo-starr/ringos-childhood-home/detail-458</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:30:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[flynn&#039;s arcade : tron]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/tron/flynns-arcade</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Flynn's Arcade is a video game arcade owned and operated by Kevin Flynn in Center City.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/tron/flynns-arcade/detail-456</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:10:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[los angeles union station : blade runner]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blade-runner/los-angeles-union-station</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Union Station was used for the interior of the police station near the beginning of the movie.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blade-runner/los-angeles-union-station/detail-455</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:50:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2nd street tunnel : blade runner]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blade-runner/2nd-street-tunnel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Deckard takes this tunnel under downtown Los Angeles on his way <a href="/locations/movies/blade-runner/bradbury-building">home</a>. 
	
Apparently, every car commercial ever has been filmed here as well. You've seen this tunnel a million times and you just don't know it.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blade-runner/2nd-street-tunnel/detail-454</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:22:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kaiserkeller : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/kaiserkeller</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This club, owned by Bruno Koschmider, hired the Beatles to perform in 1960.  They played for the first time on October 4, 1960, for seven hours.

The club owner owned a porn theater, the Bambi Kino, where the Beatles stayed in &quot;small, dirty rooms&quot; while in Hamburg.  ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/kaiserkeller/detail-453</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:59:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[abbey road studios : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/abbey-road-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located a short walk from the St. John's tube station, Abbey Road Studios is something of a landmark for Beatles fans.  

The Beatles originally auditioned for George Martin here in 1961. They played 32 songs.  They recorded songs such as &quot;Please Please Me&quot; and &quot;Love Me Do&quot;. Martin did not think Pete Best had the necessary skills as a drummer.

Between 1962 and 1970, nearly all of the Beatles music was recorded here, predominantly in Studio 2.  The cover for their 1969 album Abbey Road was shot on the &quot;zebra&quot; crossing right outside these studios.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/abbey-road-studios/detail-452</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:41:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the star-club : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-star-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Star Club had a capacity for two thousand people, as well as cinema-style seating.

The Beatles played here from April 13, 1962 to May 31, 1962.  It was at this time that they learned of (former bass player) Stu Sutcliffe's death.

They started another round of performances November 1, 1962 until their last performance on December 31, 1962.  Ringo Starr had joined the band as the drummer by this point.

Portions of their final performance here at this location were recorded, and a remixed version was released in 1977 as &quot;Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962.&quot;

The club closed on December 31, 1969, and the building was destroyed by a fire in 1987.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-star-club/detail-451</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:22:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the cavern club : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-cavern-club</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Cavern Club is a long-time running music venue in Liverpool.  Most famously, The Beatles played their first (of a series) of gigs here on February 9, 1961.  The club itself was located 3 floors underground.  The band was starting to become known at this point, and they were making 25 pounds a week.

There is a statue of Lennon outside the Cavern Club.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-cavern-club/detail-450</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:10:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[north end music store : the beatles, john lennon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-john-lennon/north-end-music-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The North End Music Store (or Nems) used to be at this location.  A young John Lennon would go here to listen to records.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-john-lennon/north-end-music-store/detail-449</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:52:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hessy&#039;s music store : the beatles, john lennon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-john-lennon/hessys-music-store</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1957, John Lennon was loaned five pounds by his Aunt Mimi to buy a Gallotone Champion guitar at this music store.

Today, Stanley Street is the thriving center of LGBT community in Liverpool.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-john-lennon/hessys-music-store/detail-448</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:43:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mendips : the beatles, john lennon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-john-lennon/mendips</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This location was the boyhood home of John Lennon.  He lived here with his Aunt Mimi and her husband from the age of five until he was twenty-two.  

The house is now in the National Trust, after it was purchased and donated by Yoko Ono.  It was refurnished to fit the 50's era style and was reopened to the public on March 27th, 2003.

It is also the cover of the Oasis single &quot;Live Forever.&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-john-lennon/mendips/detail-447</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:23:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[quarry bank high school  : the beatles, john lennon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-john-lennon/quarry-bank-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Now known as the Calderstones School, this location was known as the Quarry Bank High School in the mid-50's when John Lennon went to high school here.

He had a skiffle band (a type of music popular in the UK at the time) named the Quarrymen after the high school.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-john-lennon/quarry-bank-high-school/detail-446</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:04:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dovedale primary school : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/dovedale-primary-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This school, now known as Dovedale Junior School, was where John Lennon attended in 1948.  George Harrison would later go to school here.  

In 2001, John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, donated &pound;15,000 for school refurbishments.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/dovedale-primary-school/detail-445</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:52:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the liverpool institute for performing arts : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-liverpool-institute-for-performing-arts</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Back in 1956, when this place was known as the Liverpool Institute, a young Paul McCartney and George Harrison met on the bus on the way home.  

Paul would later join the Quarrymen with John Lennon.  On March 12, 1958, George saw them perform for the first time.  He showed off some guitar skills and they were sufficiently impressed.

In 1996, Paul McCartney joined some partners in reopening the school as the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/the-liverpool-institute-for-performing-arts/detail-444</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:40:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st. peter&#039;s chruch : the beatles, &amp;quot;eleanor rigby&amp;quot;]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-eleanor-rigby/st-peters-chruch</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On July 6, 1957, John Lennon and his band, the Quarrymen, were playing the annual garden party at this church.  In between sets, John's friend, Ivan Vaughan, introduced him to a 15-year-old Paul McCartney.  Paul was asked to join the band shortly after that.

Also notable about this church is that the churchyard at St. Peter's contains the grave of Eleanor Rigby, a possible source of the 1966 Beatles song.

John used to be in this congregation with his aunt and uncle, George Toogood Smith, who is also buried in the churchyard.  John was in the youth group here and used to sing in the choir occasionally.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles-eleanor-rigby/st-peters-chruch/detail-443</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:10:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[napoleone pizza house : tom waits]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tom-waits/napoleone-pizza-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Tom Waits worked the graveyard shift here in the mid-sixties when he was fourteen. In the song &quot;The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)&quot; he sings &quot;And the early dawn cracks out a carpet of diamond across a cash crop car lot filled with twilight Coupe Devilles,&quot; a reference to the Mile of Cars, the historic stretch of National City Boulevard currently home to twenty-one car franchises.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tom-waits/napoleone-pizza-house/detail-442</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:29:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[linden boulevard : a tribe called quest]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/a-tribe-called-quest/linden-boulevard</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<em>"Back in the days on the boulevard of Linden..."</em>

Both Phife and Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest grew up in St. Albans, Queens, New York near Linden Boulevard. Here they are performing on the rooftop of Nu-Clear Drive-In Cleaners in their video for Check the Rhime. 

The Low End Theory is one of the top ten hip-hop albums of all time according to me and I'm a hip-hop scholar.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/a-tribe-called-quest/linden-boulevard/detail-441</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[johnie&#039;s broiler : the game]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-game/johnies-broiler</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Michael Douglas wanders in here disheveled in his once white suit after being buried alive (oops... spoiler... maybe) near the end of David Fincher's The Game. Apparently, this style of building is called Googie architecture, some sort of offset of a futurist style (parabolas and neon and steel) that was popular during the '50s and '60s. 

Johnie's Broiler was a restaurant from 1958 until 2001, then a car dealership, then the building was demolished and then later rebuilt in its original style. Now it's a Bob's Big Boy. The Game isn't too bad if you suspend absolutely all disbelief.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-game/johnies-broiler/detail-440</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:06:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[roundhouse : the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/roundhouse</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On July 4, 1976, the Ramones played a show at Camden's Roundhouse in London.  The Ramones first album had become an underground hit in London, and the show was packed with an enthusiastic crowd.  

In the film &quot;End of the Century&quot;, Joe Strummer recalls how members of the Clash and the Sex Pistols were helped in through a window by Johnny Ramone.  The show had a profound effect on the burgeoning UK punk scene.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/roundhouse/detail-439</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:31:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[arturo vega&#039;s loft : the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/arturo-vegas-loft</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This was the location of Arturo Vega's loft- the guy who designed pretty much all the art that had to do with the Ramones.  

This loft is also where Dee Dee and Joey lived in the early days of the band.  Vega's coffee table is where the Ramones signed their first record contract.  Dee Dee wrote &quot;Chinese Rocks&quot; while living here and sleeping on a mattress on the floor.

There is a 1975 bootleg of the Ramones recorded at this loft.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/arturo-vegas-loft/detail-438</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:23:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hollywood forever cemetery : the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/hollywood-forever-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Two of the Ramones are buried at this cemetery: Dee Dee (original bass player) and Johnny (original guitar player).

Dee Dee Ramone (aka Douglas Colvin) died on June 5, 2002 of a heroin overdose.  

Johnny Ramone (aka John Cummings) died on September 15, 2004 from prostrate cancer.

While Dee Dee is buried here (his tombstone reads &quot;O.K...I gotta go now.&quot;), Johnny was cremated.  His ashes are placed in the base of a bronze statue created in his honor.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/hollywood-forever-cemetery/detail-437</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:07:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the palace (avalon hollywood) : the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/the-palace-avalon-hollywood</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Palace (now known as Avalon Hollywood) was where the Ramones played their final show on August 6th, 1996. It was recorded for the album &quot;We're Outta Here.&quot;  It was their 2,263rd show.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/the-palace-avalon-hollywood/detail-436</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:50:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gaslight cafe : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/gaslight-cafe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Opened in 1958, the Gaslight Cafe was a beat and folk music hangout in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan.  The Gaslight (or &quot;The Village Gaslight&quot;) was originally a &quot;basket house&quot; where unpaid performers would pass around a basket at the end of a performance to earn money.

Numerous musicians, poets and comedians made their way through the Gaslight.  Bob Dylan recorded a performance &quot;Live at The Gaslight 1962&quot; that was released in 2005.

According to the Folk Music Encyclopedia: &quot;The Gaslight was weird then because there were air shafts up to the apartments and the windows of the Gaslight would open into the air shafts, so when people would applaud, the neighbors would get disturbed and call the police. So then the audience couldn't applaud; they had to snap their fingers instead.&quot;

The Gaslight closed its doors in 1971.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/gaslight-cafe/detail-434</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:40:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[philip k. dick&#039;s grave : philip k. dick]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/philip-k-dicks-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Philip K. Dick died on March 2, 1982 at the age of fifty-three. He is buried next to his twin sister Jane at this gravesite in Fort Morgan, Colorado. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/philip-k-dicks-grave/detail-433</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:46:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[philip k. dick&#039;s &amp;quot;hermit house&amp;quot; : philip k. dick]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/philip-k-dicks-hermit-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Philip K. Dick moved to this house in San Rafael with his fourth wife in 1968. After they separated, a rotating cast of characters would live and do drugs with him at the house. It would earn the nickname 'Hermit House' and this time period in his life would become the basis for A Scanner Darkly published in 1977.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/philip-k-dicks-hermit-house/detail-432</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:45:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[philip k. dick&#039;s home : philip k. dick]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/philip-k-dicks-home(57-meadow-drive-san-rafael-california-94903-united-states)</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Philip K. Dick lived in this house from 1965-68 with his fourth wife. It was here that he wrote Ubik and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/philip-k-dicks-home(57-meadow-drive-san-rafael-california-94903-united-states)/detail-431</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:42:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lucky dog pet shop : philip k. dick]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/lucky-dog-pet-shop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Despite publishing sixty-two short stories from 1951-1954, Philip K. Dick was still living in poverty in Berkeley in the '50s. This pet shop was where he reportedly bought the horse meat that he survived on. It was sold as dog food, but according to Dick, the clerk did call him out on the fact that he was eating the horse meat himself. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/lucky-dog-pet-shop/detail-430</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:41:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[philip k. dick&#039;s home : philip k. dick]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/philip-k-dicks-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Philip K. Dick moved here with his second wife in 1950 shortly after they were married. They would stay here for eight years. He was a prolific writer of short stories (thirty stories were published in 1953 alone) and his first novels, including Solar Lottery and The Man Who Japed, were also published by Ace books during this time.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/philip-k-dicks-home/detail-429</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:38:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[art music : philip k. dick]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/art-music</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the address of the second Berkeley store owned by Herb Hollis where Philip K. Dick worked in the '40s. Herb Hollis was a father figure to Dick and the inspiration for characters in several of his books including Leo Bulero in The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/art-music/detail-428</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:37:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[university radio and electronics : philip k. dick]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/university-radio-and-electronics</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the address of University Radio and Electronics where Philip K. Dick worked in 1944 when he was fifteen. It was one of two Berkeley shops owned by Herb Hollis (the other was Art Music a few blocks away). Here Dick worked as a clerk selling radios, tvs, and appliances. The owner Herb Hollis would become the inspiration for Leo Bulero in The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/university-radio-and-electronics/detail-427</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:33:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[philip k. dick&#039;s birthplace : philip k. dick]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/philip-k-dicks-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Philip K. Dick and his fraternal twin sister Jane were born six weeks prematurely in this Chicago apartment on December 16, 1928. Jane would die not long after in January of the next year.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/philip-k-dick/philip-k-dicks-birthplace/detail-426</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:30:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[914 sound studios : the ramones, bruce springsteen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones-bruce-springsteen/914-sound-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[914 Sound Studios was a recording studio in Blauvelt, New York during the 1970s.  Created by Brooks Arthur, it was his idea to create a high-quality studio where artists could record at reasonable rates.  

Bruce Springsteen recorded here in 1972 for tracks that would end up &quot;Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.&quot;  The Ramones recorded their demo here in 1975.

The number 914 is the area code for Blauvelt.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones-bruce-springsteen/914-sound-studios/detail-425</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:19:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[birchwood towers : joey ramone, the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/joey-ramone-the-ramones/birchwood-towers</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Joey Ramone lived at these apartments with his mother and brother.  He recalls the experience as being an influence for the song &quot;Beat on the Brat&quot;: 

&quot;There was a playground with women sitting around and a kid screaming, a spoiled, horrible kid just running around rampant with no discipline whatsoever. The kind of kid you just want to kill. You know, 'beat on the brat with a baseball bat' just came out. I just wanted to kill him.&quot;- Joey Ramone]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/joey-ramone-the-ramones/birchwood-towers/detail-424</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:07:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[plaza sound studios : the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/plaza-sound-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On the eighth floor of Radio City Music Hall, there used to be (now defunct) a recording studio.  This is where the Ramones recorded their first album in February of 1976.  Put out by Sire Records, the Ramones self-titled debut was recorded in one week for $6,400.  The producer was Craig Leon, and Tommy Ramone was listed as &quot;associate producer.&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/plaza-sound-studios/detail-423</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:59:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[max&#039;s kansas city : the ramones, the velvet underground, new york dolls]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones-the-velvet-underground-new-york-dolls/maxs-kansas-city</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Max's Kansas City was a music venue and bar in NYC from 1961 to 1985.  It was a hangout for artists and celebrities, and a venue that supported the emerging glam rock scene.  The Velvet Underground played their last shows here in the summer of 1970.  The New York Dolls played here frequently, and had a direct influence on the formation of the Ramones, who also played here.  

According to wikipedia, the name stems from the following: &quot;All the steakhouses had Kansas City on the menu because the best steak was Kansas City-cut, so I thought it should be 'something Kansas City'.  'Max' was chosen because it sounded &quot;restauranty.&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones-the-velvet-underground-new-york-dolls/maxs-kansas-city/detail-422</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:41:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[art garden II : the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/art-garden-ii</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Joey Ramone's mother, Charlotte, ran an art gallery called the Art Garden II adjacent to the old Trylon Cinema on Queens Blvd.  The art gallery served as the practice space for the Ramones in their earliest days.  &quot;Mama Ramone&quot; (as Charlotte was later called) was something of a matriarch for the Ramones and the fledging scene in those days, and was an advocate for the Ramones until her death in 2007.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/art-garden-ii/detail-421</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:15:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[67th avenue station : the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/67th-avenue-station</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the subway stop nearest to where the Ramones grew up in Forest Hills, Queens.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/67th-avenue-station/detail-420</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:36:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the waldorf-astoria : the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/the-waldorf-astoria</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On March 18, 2002, the Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll of Fame.  The ceremony was held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, and a newly-mohawked Eddie Vedder (with leather jacket and Ramones t-shirt) introduced Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy, and Marky.  Joey had died the year earlier.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/the-waldorf-astoria/detail-419</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:33:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st. vincent&#039;s hospital : joey ramone, the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/joey-ramone-the-ramones/st-vincents-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When Joey Ramone was eighteen, he checked himself into St. Vincent's Hospital.  The diagnosis was obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and he felt there were voices that made him repeat things.  As Mark Leigh (Joey's brother) put it: &quot;The doctors said...it would render him useless to function in society for the rest of his life.&quot;

Hey Ho, Let's GO.  Hey Ho, Let's GO.

St. Vincent's Hospital closed on April 30, 2010, after being open for 160 years.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/joey-ramone-the-ramones/st-vincents-hospital/detail-418</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:20:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[asylum arena : the wrestler]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-wrestler/asylum-arena</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Over the past twenty years this bingo hall and multi-purpose building has been called Viking Hall, XPW Arena, Alhambra Arena and most famously the ECW Arena when Extreme Championship Wrestling ran shows here from 1993-2001. 

Scenes from The Wrestler where Mickey Rourke faced the Necro Butcher in a bloody match were shot here in 2008 at a Combat Zone Wrestling show.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-wrestler/asylum-arena/detail-417</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:38:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the continental : joey ramone]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/joey-ramone/the-continental</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This dive bar used to feature live music.  On December 11, 2000, it was also the last place that Joey Ramone performed, when he hosted an annual Christmas show that showcased bands he was supporting: the Independents, the Misfits, and his sibling's (Mickey Leigh) band, the Rattlers.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/joey-ramone/the-continental/detail-416</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:15:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ramones museum berlin : the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/ramones-museum-berlin</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the location of the Ramones Museum Berlin.  It is well established that Joey Ramone had a love for Germany, and apparently they have reciprocated.  

From their website: &quot;RAMONES MUSEUM founder Flo Hayler started his collection of RAMONES memorabilia 18 years ago, launching his insanity with the ticket stub, poster and shirt from his first ever RAMONES concert in 1990.&quot;

The space features memorabilia, a cafe (Cafe Mania), and a venue for performances.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/ramones-museum-berlin/detail-415</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:02:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[forest hills high school : the ramones, simon &amp;amp; garfunkel, spiderman]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones-simon-garfunkel-spiderman/forest-hills-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This high school in Forest Hills, Queens, New York has had a number of interesting graduates.  Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee and Tommy Ramone all went to school here (1974).  Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel also went to school here (1958), as did Jerry Springer (1961) and Ray Romano.

Also, Forest Hills High School is where Peter Parker (aka the Amazing Spiderman) went to school from 1962 to 1965.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones-simon-garfunkel-spiderman/forest-hills-high-school/detail-414</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:50:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[joey ramone&#039;s grave : joey ramone, the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/joey-ramone-the-ramones/joey-ramones-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Hillside Cemetery is the final resting place for Joey Ramone (aka Jeff Hyman).  He died on April 15, 2001.

On the tombstone it reads &quot;Hyman, Jeff.  May 19, 1951- April 15, 2001.  Loving son and brother.  A.K.A. Joey Ramone.  Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.&quot;

Probably could of added &quot;godfather of punk&quot; without much objection.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/joey-ramone-the-ramones/joey-ramones-grave/detail-413</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:34:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[joey ramone place : joey ramone, the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/joey-ramone-the-ramones/joey-ramone-place</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On November 30, 2003, this corner was officially renamed &quot;Joey Ramone Place&quot; by the city of New York.  It is the block where Joey once lived with bandmate Dee Dee Ramone, and near the former site of CBGB.

Interestingly, the Joey Ramone Place sign is the most stolen sign in New York City.  Most street signs are placed between 12 to 14 feet, but this one is now hung at 20 feet to deter theft.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/joey-ramone-the-ramones/joey-ramone-place/detail-412</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:20:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[new york-presbyterian hospital : joey ramone, the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/joey-ramone-the-ramones/new-york-presbyterian-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[New York-Presbyterian Hospital is where Joey Ramone (aka Jeffry Ross Hyman) died on April 15, 2001 after a seven-year battle with lymphoma.

He was reportedly listening to the song &quot;In a Little While&quot; by U2 when he died.  Bono would later say that Joey Ramone had turned a song about a lovesick hangover into a gospel song.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/joey-ramone-the-ramones/new-york-presbyterian-hospital/detail-411</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:04:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&amp;quot;53rd and 3rd&amp;quot; : the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/53rd-and-3rd</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Ramones second single off their first album was &quot;53rd and 3rd.&quot;  Written by the bass player, Dee Dee Ramone, the song focuses on the gay prostitution that was frequent in the area during the 70s and early 80s.  According to some sources, the song is at least partly autobiographical.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/53rd-and-3rd/detail-410</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:58:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[shopsin&#039;s : i like killing flies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/i-like-killing-flies/shopsins</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The 2004 documentary &quot;I Like Killing Flies,&quot; filmed and directed by Matt Mahurin, reveals the approach to cooking, philosophy, and life of the unique proprietor, Kenny Shopsin.  

The film shows an irreverent and opinionated Shopsin creating amazing food while being highly selective of people he allows into the community that his restaurant has created.  

The menu has over 900 items, including more than 300 soups.  Just follow the rules, or you will get kicked the f**k out (absolutely no parties over four people).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/i-like-killing-flies/shopsins/detail-409</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:44:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cbgb : ramones, talking heads, blondie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ramones-talking-heads-blondie/cbgb</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the former location of the legendary music venue CBGB.  Standing for &quot;Country, Bluegrass, and Blues,&quot; CBGB became famous for being one of the first venues in New York to embrace punk rock and new wave.  The Ramones got their start here, as well as the Talking Heads and Blondie.

CBGB opened in 1973 and closed in October 2006.  In April of 2008, a men's designer clothing store opened at the location.  Much of the graffiti covering the toilets was preserved, along with some playbills from the club.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ramones-talking-heads-blondie/cbgb/detail-408</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:56:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bukowski&#039;s junior high : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowskis-junior-high</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Back when this junior high was known as Mount Vernon Junior High School, Charles Bukowski went to school here (1933-1936).  

It is now named Cochran Middle School in honor of lawyer to the famous, Johnnie Cochran, who also went to school here.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowskis-junior-high/detail-407</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:37:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bukowkis elementary school : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowkis-elementary-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is where Bukowski went to elementary school from 1926 to 1932.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowkis-elementary-school/detail-406</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:22:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bukowki&#039;s grave : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowkis-grave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bukowski was buried here in 1994 after he died from leukemia.  Contradictory even in death, Bukowski's gravestone is engraved with the phrase, &quot;Don't Try.&quot;  This was his final advice to people who would ask him how to write.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowkis-grave/detail-405</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:29:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[belleville public pool : buddy ebsen, beverly hillbillies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/buddy-ebsen-beverly-hillbillies/belleville-public-pool</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This &quot;cement pond&quot; was owned by Buddy's dad and Buddy learned how to swim here. The BND did an article about Buddy's connections to Belleville here: http://www.bnd.com/2008/06/18/368712/the-first-thing-ya-know-ol-buddys.html .]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/buddy-ebsen-beverly-hillbillies/belleville-public-pool/detail-404</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:33:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[poe museum : edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/poe-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Established in 1922, <a href="http://www.poemuseum.org/index.php" target="_blank">the Museum of Edgar Allan Poe</a> commemorates the writer's time in the Richmond area.  Built in 1740, the building where the museum is housed is the oldest original building in Richmond.  

The museum holds one of the world's largest collections of original manuscripts, letters, first editions, memorabilia and personal belongings. 

The museum is only blocks away from the sites of Poe's Richmond homes and place of employment, <em>the Southern Literary Messenger</em>. In fact, much of the brick work in the garden area is done with bricks from the former building that housed the <em>Messenger</em>.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/edgar-allan-poe/poe-museum/detail-403</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:25:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[field of dreams : field of dreams]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/field-of-dreams/field-of-dreams</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the main location for the 1989 baseball/fantasy/drama film &quot;Field of Dreams&quot; starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, and Ray Liotta.  

&quot;If you build it, they will come.&quot;  They did, and people do.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/field-of-dreams/field-of-dreams/detail-402</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:54:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sunbeam lighting co. : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/sunbeam-lighting-co</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1949 to 1951, Bukowski worked at this location when it was Sunbeam Lighting Co.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/sunbeam-lighting-co/detail-401</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:45:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[graphic arts center : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/graphic-arts-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1955 to 1957, Bukowski worked at this location when it was Graphic Arts Center.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/graphic-arts-center/detail-400</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:30:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[supreme lighting co. : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/supreme-lighting-co</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bukowski was employed by Supreme Lighting Co. (briefly) in 1955 at this location.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/supreme-lighting-co/detail-399</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:26:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bukowski&#039;s bungalow : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowskis-bungalow</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1965 to 1972, Charles Bukowski lived at this bungalow.  While at this location, John Martin of Black Sparrow press offered Bukowski $100 a week for life if he would quit the post office and write full time.  Bukowski agreed.  While living at this home, he wrote &quot;The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over The Hills&quot;, &quot;Notes of a Dirty Old Man&quot;, &quot;Post Office&quot;, and many more.

In 2007 and 2008, the bungalow was in danger of being torn down.  In February 2008, it became a Los Angeles cultural landmark.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowskis-bungalow/detail-398</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:09:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bukowski&#039;s place : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowskis-place</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From 1974 to 1977, Charles Bukowski lived at this location.  While here, he wrote Factotum (1975), Art (1976), Love Is A Dog From Hell (1977), and several others.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowskis-place/detail-397</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:02:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bukowski&#039;s home : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowskis-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In San Pedro, Bukowski lived at this residence from 1978 until his death in 1994.  

He wrote many works while he lived here: Ham On Rye (1982), Hot Water Music (1983), Tales Of Ordinary Madness (1983), Barfly (1984), and many more.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowskis-home/detail-396</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:54:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[moyamensing prison : charles bukowski, edgar allan poe]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski-edgar-allan-poe/moyamensing-prison</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Now an Acme supermarket, this location was the site of the famous Moyamensing Prison.  

The prison had many notable guests.  In 1944, Charles Bukowski spent 17 days here for suspicion of draft evasion.  He was later exempted from service for &quot;failing to meet medical standards&quot; after a physical and psychological evaluation.  

On July 1, 1849, when Edgar Allan Poe was in Philadelphia, he drank, became drunk and hallucinatory, and made a suicide attempt. He was detained for public drunkenness and incarcerated for one night.

The prison was destroyed in 1968. Today, all that is left is a low heavy masonry stone wall remaining from the prison of the 1830s on the site along Reed Street.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski-edgar-allan-poe/moyamensing-prison/detail-395</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:42:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nabisco plant : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/nabisco-plant</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1942, this location was a Nabisco plant, and Charles Bukowski worked for a brief time.  

Now it is an empty lot.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/nabisco-plant/detail-394</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:29:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fairmount motors : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/fairmount-motors</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1942, Bukowski left Los Angeles to strike out on his own and see the country.  In the same year, he worked at Fairmount Motors in Phillie for a time.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/fairmount-motors/detail-393</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:22:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[borg-warner auto parts : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/borg-warner-auto-parts</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bukowski worked at this location making auto transmission parts for Borg-Warner for a brief time in 1941 after dropping out of Los Angeles City College.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/borg-warner-auto-parts/detail-392</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:13:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[baldwin hills public library : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/baldwin-hills-public-library</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Throughout Bukowski's work, he often references the time he spent in a sun-lit library reading many classic books.  That library was the Baldwin Hills branch of the Los Angeles Public Library system.  

Later on he said, &quot;A library was a good place to be when you had nothing to drink or to eat, and the landlady was looking for you and the back rent money.&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/baldwin-hills-public-library/detail-391</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:08:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bukowski&#039;s boyhood home : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowskis-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bukowski's family home, Charles lived here off and on from 1926 onward.  While at this residence, Bukowski started at the Mount Vernon Junior High School in 1933.  In 1936, he enrolled at Susan Miller Dorsey High School, and transferred to Los Angeles High School in 1937.

It was at this location that Bukowski's father threw his writings and possessions on the front lawn after reading his short stories.  Charles moved to a room on Temple Street after that.

His first publications occurred while at this location.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowskis-boyhood-home/detail-390</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:52:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bukowski&#039;s boyhood home : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowi/bukowskis-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A young Charles Bukowski lived at this location from 1926 to 1930. He attended the Virginia Road Elementary School.  While the family was at this address, Bukowski's father drove a dairy truck for L.A. Creamery.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowi/bukowskis-boyhood-home/detail-389</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:35:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bukowsi&#039;s boyhood home : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowsis-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After Bukowski's family moved from Germany, sailed across the ocean to Baltimore, and traversed the country, they arrived to live with some relatives at this address.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/bukowsis-boyhood-home/detail-388</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:24:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[charles bukowski&#039;s birthplace : charles bukowski]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/charles-bukowskis-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Born to an American soldier father and a German mother, Charles Bukowski started life at this location as Heinrich Karl Bukowski on August 16, 1920.  Although his family left for America in 1923, Adernach still features the home with a plaque marking the site.  There is a group trying to rent out the first floor of the home to make a Bukowski museum.  The photo is Bukowski revisiting his birthplace.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/charles-bukowski/charles-bukowskis-birthplace/detail-387</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:14:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[greystone park psychiatric hospital : house, m.d.]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/house-md/greystone-park-psychiatric-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[They filmed some scenes from House here.  I bet he was curmudgeonly, yet maddeningly brilliant.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/house-md/greystone-park-psychiatric-hospital/detail-386</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:43:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[greystone park psychiatric hospital : bob dylan, woody guthrie]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-woody-guthrie/greystone-park-psychiatric-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When Bob Dylan was nineteen years old, he would visit his idol Woody Guthrie at the Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital.  Woody was suffering from Huntington's disease and it was the near the end of his storied life.

Of Woody Guthrie's body of work, Bob Dylan said, &quot;The songs themselves were really beyond category. They had the infinite sweep of humanity in them.&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-woody-guthrie/greystone-park-psychiatric-hospital/detail-385</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:32:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[former 10 o&#039;clock scholar : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/former-10-oclock-scholar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Hollywood Video parking lot used to be the location of the beat coffee house The 10 O'Clock Scholar.

In the 1950s and 60s, the coffee shop was the locus of the folk music scene in the neighborhood.  Artists that played there included Dave Ray, Spider John Koerner, Tony Glover, John Kolstad, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Murphy, Peter Ostroushko and Bob Dylan. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/former-10-oclock-scholar/detail-384</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:00:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[minnesota party tape : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/minnesota-party-tape</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the location of the Bob Dylan recording known as the &quot;Minnesota Party Tape.&quot;

In 1960, teenager Cleve Petterson had purchased a reel-to-reel recorder.  He hung out at the local coffee shop, and he asked a local folk musician to perform some songs.  Bob Dylan agreed.

They went to this address, along with Bonnie Beecher, and &quot;Cynthia&quot;- another local musician and friend of Dylan's.  

Petterson recorded and Dylan performed the following:  &quot;Blues Yodel No. 8,&quot; &quot;Come See Jerusalem,&quot; &quot;San Francisco Bay Blues,&quot; &quot;I'm a Gambler,&quot; &quot;Talkin' Merchant Marine,&quot; &quot;Talkin' Hugh Brown,&quot; &quot;Talkin' Lobbyist,&quot; &quot;Red Rosey Bush,&quot; &quot;Johnny I Hardly Knew You,&quot; &quot;Jesus Christ,&quot; &quot;Streets of Glory&quot; and &quot;K.C. Moan.&quot; 

The recording can be heard at the Minnesota Historical Center.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/minnesota-party-tape/detail-383</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:53:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gray&amp;rsquo;s campus drug : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/grays-campus-drug</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bob Dylan moved to the Dinkytown neighborhood of Minneapolis in the fall of 1959, and attended the University of Minnesota as a journalism major for a year.  One of his apartments was above a place named Gray's Campus Drug at the corner of 14th Ave S and 4th st SE.  Today, the drugstore is an upscale pasta bar.

While only in Dinkytown for 15 months before moving to New York, Bob Dylan had some formative experiences here: being introduced to folk music, trading in his electric guitar for an acoustic, hearing Woody Guthrie for the first time and reading Guthrie's book, Bound for Glory.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/grays-campus-drug/detail-382</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:30:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st. mary&#039;s hospital : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/st-marys-hospital</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman here on May 24, 1941.

His family moved to Hibbing, MN, shortly afterwards.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/st-marys-hospital/detail-381</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:12:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[slippery&#039;s bar : grumpier old men]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/grumpier-old-men/slipperys-bar(1428-4th-street-ne-minneapolis-minnesota-55413-united-states)</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although the <a href="/locations/movies/grumpier-old-men/slipperys-bar">331 Club in Northeast Minneapolis</a> was used for the exterior shot of Slippery's bar in Grumpier Old Men, the interior was shot a few blocks away at Mayslack's. Rumor has it that the bartender, seen here as Sophia Loren walks in, is in fact the owner.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/grumpier-old-men/slipperys-bar(1428-4th-street-ne-minneapolis-minnesota-55413-united-states)/detail-380</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:52:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[slippery&#039;s bar : grumpier old men]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/grumpier-old-men/slipperys-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Grumpy Old Men and its sequel Grumpier Old Men were both set in Wabasha, Minnesota, although I don't think either movie was shot there. Instead, many of the filming locations were in St. Paul, Stillwater and Faribault. The exterior of Slippery's bar is currently the location of the 331 Club in Northeast Minneapolis. 

The interior was filmed at nearby <a href="/locations/movies/grumpier-old-men/slipperys-bar(1428-4th-street-ne-minneapolis-minnesota-55413-united-states)">Mayslack's</a>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/grumpier-old-men/slipperys-bar/detail-379</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:48:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[metropolis, illinois : superman]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/superman/metropolis-illinois</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Metropolis, Illinois doesn't really have anything to do with the Superman canon. This town of less than 7,000 people shares the same name with what was a stand-in for New York in the comic books. For that reason it was declared the &quot;Hometown of Superman&quot; by DC Comics in the 1972. Apparently, in the '70s, Metropolis had plans to build an &quot;Amazing World of Superman&quot; theme park, but that decade's malaise must have forced them to reconsider.

Every summer the city holds a Superman Celebration, and don't miss (how could you) the 15-foot tall, bronze Superman statue in Superman Square.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/superman/metropolis-illinois/detail-378</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:21:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[memphis smoke : the white stripes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-white-stripes/memphis-smoke</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A barbecue restaurant and music (mainly blues) venue, closed in December 2010.  The first meeting place of Jack and Meg White.  Meg White was a bartender at the restaurant at the time.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-white-stripes/memphis-smoke/detail-709</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:15:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[double-r diner : twin peaks]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/double-r-diner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Diner ran by the characters Norma Jennings and Shelly Johnson.  Diner is currently called Twede's Cafe and serves the &quot;Twin Peaks&quot; cherry pie.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/twin-peaks/double-r-diner/detail-376</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:40:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[isthmus cove : natalie wood]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/natalie-wood/isthmus-cove</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Wagners' yacht was anchored in Isthmus Cove off Catalina Island at the time of Natalie Wood's disappearance in 1981. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/natalie-wood/isthmus-cove/detail-375</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:57:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[memorial building : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/memorial-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dylan used to perform in the theater and the lobby here. 

In his book Chronicles, Volume I, Dylan recounts an encounter with professional wrestler Gorgeous George as he played piano in the lobby:

&quot;He winked and seemed to mouth the phrase, 'You're making it come alive.' I never forgot it. It was all the recognition and encouragement I would need for years.&quot;

Moral: Be nice to kids.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/memorial-building/detail-374</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:29:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hibbing high school : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/hibbing-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is where Bob Dylan went to high school.  He formed a couple of bands while there, The Shadow Blasters and the Golden Chords. 

Apparently, when Dylan's high school band covered &quot;Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay&quot; at their high school talent show was so loud that the principal cut the microphone off.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/hibbing-high-school/detail-373</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:14:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[androy hotel  : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/androy-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is where Bob Dylan had his Bar Mitzvah.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/androy-hotel/detail-372</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:04:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the bob dylan collection : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/the-bob-dylan-collection</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located in the basement of the Hibbing Public Library is the Bob Dylan collection.  The hours are not set, and when I visited there I had to ask a couple of people until I got to see the room.

Not a museum, the collection is the project of a local fan.  It has some pictures, documents, some interesting info and a pretty cool guitar.  I guess they have added more interesting material since I was last there: paper mache statue, anyone?
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/the-bob-dylan-collection/detail-371</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:43:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bob dylan&#039;s boyhood home : bob dylan]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/bob-dylans-boyhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bob Dylan lived at this home in Hibbing, MN from 1948 until he graduated high school in 1959.  

People live there so kindly don't knock on the door.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan/bob-dylans-boyhood-home/detail-370</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:13:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[louisville male high school : hunter s. thompson]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/louisville-male-high-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson transferred to this high school in September 1952.  

He was accepted as a member of the Athenaeum Literary Association, a literary group at the school, and contributed a number of articles for them.
  
He was kicked out of this group in 1955 because of legal problems, and some biographers view this as the beginning of his resolve against social class hypocrisy.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson/louisville-male-high-school/detail-369</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:45:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the dakota : john lennon]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/john-lennon/the-dakota</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Dakota is a co-op apartment building located at the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in New York City.  

Allegedly, the reason it was called the Dakota is because when it was constructed in 1880, the Upper West Side was considered as open and remote as Dakota territory.

John Lennon moved here in 1973, and was murdered outside the building by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/john-lennon/the-dakota/detail-368</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:19:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[outside of barstow : hunter s. thompson, fear and loathing in las vegas]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson-fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/outside-of-barstow</link>
				<description><![CDATA[&quot;We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold...&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/hunter-s-thompson-fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/outside-of-barstow/detail-366</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:53:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dark horse comics  : dark horse comics ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/dark-horse-comics/dark-horse-comics</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Darkhorse Comics is the third largest comic book publisher in the United States. 

Started in 1986, the company went on to be involved in the production of the following comics: Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Predator, Mass Effect, Conan, and Who Wants to be a Superhero? 

Dark Horse also publishes creator owned comics such as Frank Miller's Sin City and 300, Mike Mignola's Hellboy, Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo, Gerard Way's Umbrella Academy, and Michael Chabon's The Escapist.

Synonymous with edgy work and creator-controlled content, Dark Horse is known to throw the smack down.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/dark-horse-comics/dark-horse-comics/detail-365</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:39:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mayor&#039;s office : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/mayors-office</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After the scene where Chinaski (Matt Dillon) demands his paycheck for cleaning a statue for one day, he is sent to the office of the boss.  The set is the St. Paul mayor's office.  So if you are looking for a place to shoot, you might wanna keep that in mind.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/mayors-office/detail-362</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:57:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[doomtree house : doomtree]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/doomtree/doomtree-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Here are some things that may or may not be true about the doomtree house:

1. The entire crew (all nine of them or however many there are) lived in the house together at some point.
2. They met Dessa because she lived next door.
3. They met Dessa because she lived two doors down.
4. The house itself was called doomtree on account of all the dead pigeons that for some reason (faulty gutters or murdering trees) would show up on the property in alarming numbers.
5. The crew named themselves after the house.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/doomtree/doomtree-house/detail-361</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:09:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[joe fox&#039;s apartment : you&#039;ve got mail]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/youve-got-mail/joe-foxs-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Remember those romantic comedies Tom Hanks used to make?  One of them was &quot;You've Got Mail&quot; (co-starring Meg Ryan).  Joe Fox's (Hanks) apartment is at 152 Riverside Drive.  In the film, his AOL handle is NY152.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/youve-got-mail/joe-foxs-apartment/detail-360</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:19:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[baxter building : fantastic four]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/fantastic-four/baxter-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[First appearing in Fantastic Four #3, the Baxter Building is the fictional headquarters of the Fantastic Four.  

If you see Dr. Doom skulking about, tell him, &quot;It's clobberin' time.&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/comic-books/fantastic-four/baxter-building/detail-359</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:57:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[30 rockefeller plaza : 30 rock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/30-rock/30-rockefeller-plaza</link>
				<description><![CDATA[While the exterior shots for 30 Rock are filmed at the plaza, apparently most of the interior shots are done at Silvercup Studios in Queens.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/30-rock/30-rockefeller-plaza/detail-358</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:28:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[liz lemon&#039;s apartment : 30 rock]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/30-rock/liz-lemons-apartment</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the address of 30 Rock character Liz Lemon (Tina Fey).  I'm watching the one where she tries to scare her upstairs neighbor out of his apartment.  This show is great.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/30-rock/liz-lemons-apartment/detail-357</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:17:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[biograph theater : public enemies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/public-enemies/biograph-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Place of death of John Dillinger.  Filmed on location.  Also can be seen in the extended scenes of High Fidelity.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/public-enemies/biograph-theater/detail-356</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:47:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[michigan theater : 8 mile]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/8-mile/michigan-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Parking garage where rap battle takes place in the film.  Was a theater from 1927 - 1976.  Now is a popular parking area for Tigers and Lions games.
The area you're interested in is on the third floor.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/8-mile/michigan-theater/detail-708</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:10:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[harrison elementary : built to spill]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/built-to-spill/harrison-elementary</link>
				<description><![CDATA[From the album &quot;There's Nothing Wrong with Love&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/built-to-spill/harrison-elementary/detail-354</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:06:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[chase park plaza : wrestling at the chase]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestling-at-the-chase/chase-park-plaza</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The tv show Wrestling at the Chase was taped here at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel and it aired in St. Louis on channel 11 for almost 25 years (1959-1983). It was promoted by Sam Muchnick, president of the St. Louis Wrestling Club and also president of the National Wrestling Alliance, the national promotion that for many years consolidated a majority of the regional promotions under one name.

Ric Flair, Bruiser Brody, Ted DiBiase and many others appeared here at one time. The show aired on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings and was one of St. Louis's highest rated programs.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/wrestling-at-the-chase/chase-park-plaza/detail-353</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:45:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[former metropolitan stadium : the beatles]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/former-metropolitan-stadium</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Back on August 21, 1965, you could have watched the Beatles play here for $4.50.  About 25,000 other people did when fab four came through on their North American tour.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-beatles/former-metropolitan-stadium/detail-352</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:36:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[old guthrie theater : led zeppelin, the who, ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/led-zeppelin-the-who/old-guthrie-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the former location of the Guthrie Theater, which used to be attached to the Walker Art Center.


In the summer of 1969, there were a couple of big shows here:  Led Zeppelin played on May 18th, and the Who played on June 8th.

The Guthrie Theater moved to it's new location on the banks of the Mississippi River in 2006.  The Walker Art Center underwent a revision in 2005 to make it look like a crazy robot-head ready to eat Hennepin Ave traffic.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/led-zeppelin-the-who/old-guthrie-theater/detail-351</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:31:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[minneapolis auditorium : jimi hendrix, the doors, the who]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix-the-doors-the-who/minneapolis-auditorium</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the former site of the Minneapolis Auditorium.  Opened in 1927 and demolished in 1989, it had a couple of legendary shows in the late 60's.


On Nov 2, 1968, Jimi Hendrix played here.  Eight days later, on Nov. 10, 1968, The Doors played here.

On July 3, 1970, The Who played here.

The site is now the location of the Minneapolis Convention Center and no longer a venue for music, although the Minnesota Rollergirls occasionally rock the place out. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/jimi-hendrix-the-doors-the-who/minneapolis-auditorium/detail-350</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:17:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[hotel yorba : the white stripes]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-white-stripes/hotel-yorba</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Jack White's neighborhood of SW Detroit.  The music video's outside shooting was done in front of the hotel, but inside shooting was done elsewhere.  Regarded as a home for those without a home.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-white-stripes/hotel-yorba/detail-714</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:05:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[osowski&#039;s flea market  : mallrats]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/mallrats/osowskis-flea-market</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Osowski's Flea Market served as the location of the flea market in Kevin Smith's film Mallrats.  

It's open from mid-May to September.  No word on if there are topless fortune tellers there.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/mallrats/osowskis-flea-market/detail-347</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:15:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eden prairie center : mallrats]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/mallrats/eden-prairie-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Although it was set in New Jersey, the main location for the Kevin Smith film &quot;Mallrats&quot; was the Eden Prairie Center mall in Eden Prairie, MN.

This was Kevin Smith's second feature, and his first studio picture.  It also served as the introduction of Jason Lee as an actor.

&quot;Mallrats&quot; alumi Ethan Suplee and Jason Lee would go on to do four seasons of the show &quot;My Name is Earl.&quot;
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/mallrats/eden-prairie-center/detail-346</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:08:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st. paul city hall : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/st-paul-city-hall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The St. Paul City Hall was used as a location for the film Factotum.  Chinaski's (Matt Dillon) job is to clean the large marble statue in the main hall.

The interior of city hall is incredibly designed  According to the City of St. Paul website, the interior of the building &quot;was designed in the more jazzy, ornate Zigzag Moderne, an art deco style derived from a 1925 Paris art exhibition.&quot;
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/st-paul-city-hall/detail-345</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:04:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[west seventh pharmacy : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/west-seventh-pharmacy</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This location was used in the film Factotum.  An old school drug store on west 7th st in St. Paul, the scene featured has Chinaski (Matt Dillon) getting crabs medication. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/west-seventh-pharmacy/detail-344</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:47:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the saint paul hotel : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/the-saint-paul-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This hotel was used as the exterior of Jan's (Lily Taylor) &quot;chambermaid&quot; job.  

I guess the Saint Paul Hotel is supposed to be super nice, but I haven't been there.

I also don't know if the interiors were filmed on location or not.

You're welcome.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/the-saint-paul-hotel/detail-343</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:51:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[nye&#039;s polonaise : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/nyes-polonaise</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This restaurant/cocktail lounge (named the &quot;best bar in America&quot; by Esquire magazine) was used as a location for the film Factotum.

In this scene, Chinaski (Matt Dillon) has met a new lady drinking budddy in Laura (Marisa Tomei).  He spends his last couple dollars buying her a scotch.  Guess what happens?

Nye's has two areas (bar and restaurant/lounge), and this scene was filmed in the bar side.  Every Friday and Saturday, &quot;The World's Most Dangerous Polka Band&quot; play the bar.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/nyes-polonaise/detail-342</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:47:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bradbury building : blade runner]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blade-runner/bradbury-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Another historical Los Angeles building (this one dates back to 1893) that has been seen in a number of films including Chinatown, (500) Days of Summer and Lethal Weapon 4. The Bradbury Building is probably best known as J. F. Sebastian's apartment in Blade Runner as well the location of the rooftop fight between Roy Batty and Deckard. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blade-runner/bradbury-building/detail-341</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:33:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[canterbury park : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/canterbury-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This horse track in the suburb of Shakopee was the location for several scenes in Factotum.  

One of the more memorable is when Chinaski (Matt Dillon) beats the stuffing out of a real estate agent who is much smaller than him.  He did it all for love though.

Canterbury Downs has a great day each year where they race camels and ostriches.  I won $30 here once]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/canterbury-park/detail-340</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:32:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[bradbury building : gravity&#039;s rainbow]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/gravitys-rainbow/bradbury-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Some esoteric trivia: near the end of Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon writes &quot;Philip Marlowe will suffer a horrible migraine and reach by reflex for the pint of rye in his suit pocket, and feel homesick for the lacework balconies of the Bradbury Building.&quot; This is a reference to the 1969 James Garner movie Marlowe in which the detective's office was located in this Los Angeles landmark.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/gravitys-rainbow/bradbury-building/detail-339</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[one on one bike studio : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/one-on-one-bike-studio</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the basement of One on One Bike Studio, they used to have a place affectionately called &quot;the bike graveyard.&quot;  I don't know if it is still there, but there were rows of bikes packed floor to ceiling.  I got some sweet handlebars there for less than $10.

This location was used for the scene in Factotum when Chinaski (Matt Dillon) rails against the bike store owner. 

Best line: &quot;I gave you my time.  And that's all any man has...&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/one-on-one-bike-studio/detail-338</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:22:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[palmer&#039;s bar : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/palmers-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This bar was a location for a scene in Factotum.  In the scene, Chinaski (Matt Dillon) tracks down Jan (Lili Taylor) to a watering hole, then slaps her to the ground.  A very lovable protagonist...

*Side note: Sitting next to Jan at the bar is local legend Spider John Koerner: 12-string guitar hero, respected folk musician, story-teller, and humorist.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/palmers-bar/detail-337</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:12:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[top shelf  : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/top-shelf</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This men's tailor shop was used as a set in the film Factotum.  The scene is when Chinaski decides to get some nice threads after a series of winnings at the horse track.  Located in the Uptown area of Minneapolis.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/top-shelf/detail-336</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:58:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[former 9th and hennepin building : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/former-9th-and-hennepin-building</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The site of several scenes in the movie Factotum, the building at 9th and Hennepin used to be a low-rent apartment building.  The cage between the counter and lobby area was already there.  Rooms were rented by the week, and there was a pornography shop in the basement.  

This building is reportedly where Tom Waits lived when he stayed in Minneapolis, and is referenced by his song, &quot;9th and Hennepin.&quot;

Today, it has been completely renovated and is a boutique hotel and an upscale restaurant.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/former-9th-and-hennepin-building/detail-335</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:45:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[depot bar : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/depot-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The exterior of this bar was used in one of the opening scenes of Factotum starring Matt Dillon.  The sign says Kelly's Family Pub, but it is called the Depot Bar.  In the historic Lowertown area.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/depot-bar/detail-334</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:32:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[monroeville mall : dawn of the dead]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/dawn-of-the-dead/monroeville-mall</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Monroeville Mall just east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was the primary filming location for 1978's Dawn of the Dead, the second of director George Romero's zombie films. JCPenney is the only store still around since the movie was shot. If walking around with fellow zombies in gory makeup is your thing, don't miss the Monroeville Mall Zombie Walk in October which is part of the larger zombie-themed convention Zombie Fest and the hub (fittingly enough) for World Zombie Day. Zombies!]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/dawn-of-the-dead/monroeville-mall/detail-333</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:56:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mermaid avenue : billy bragg &amp;amp; wilco]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/billy-bragg-wilco/mermaid-avenue</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This collection of songs by Billy Bragg and Wilco is named after the Woody Guthrie song &quot;Mermaid's Avenue&quot; which was also this street in Coney Island where Guthrie lived.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/billy-bragg-wilco/mermaid-avenue/detail-332</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:36:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[milwaukee art museum : transformers 3]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/transformers-3/milwaukee-art-museum</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I can't remember if this was supposed to be in New York or Washington D.C. Michael Bay scrambled up the geography for this movie. In reality, the Milwaukee Art Museum is located on Lake Michigan. I'm going to say it was the setting for Patrick Dempsey's car dealership. I have an attention deficiency when things aren't exploding, so sorry if these details aren't quite accurate. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/transformers-3/milwaukee-art-museum/detail-331</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:42:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[former st. paul academy : f. scott fitzgerald]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/former-st-paul-academy</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Fitzgerald attended school here as a lad when the building housed the St. Paul Academy.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/former-st-paul-academy/detail-329</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:50:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[frank lloyd wright&#039;s ennis house : blade runner]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blade-runner/frank-lloyd-wrights-ennis-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Los Angeles house, designed in the 1920s by <a href="/locations/art-and-design/frank-lloyd-wright">Frank Lloyd Wright</a>, was used for Deckard's apartment in the sci-fi classic Blade Runner, although only the exterior was shot on location. The interior was recreated on a sound stage. The house has also been used for filming in Rush Hour, The Thirteenth Floor, Twin Peaks, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and many other films and tv shows.

It is on the National Register of Historic Places.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/blade-runner/frank-lloyd-wrights-ennis-house/detail-328</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:25:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[kay bank studios : the trashmen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-trashmen/kay-bank-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Don't you know?  The Bird's the word.

The Trashmen recorded &quot;Surfin' Bird&quot; here in 1963, and ended up making it to #4 on the charts.  Also recorded here was Fendermen's &quot;Muleskinner Blues&quot;, Dave Dudley's &quot;Six Days on the Road&quot;, and The Castaways' &quot;Liar, Liar&quot;. 

Later, the Ramones would cover this song.  And the Cramps.  And Peter Griffin.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-trashmen/kay-bank-studios/detail-327</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:41:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[rice park : f. scott fitzgerald]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/rice-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In Rice Park, there is a statue (by artist Michael Price) dedicated to F. Scott Fitzgerald.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/rice-park/detail-326</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:14:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[593/599 summit : f. scott fitzgerald]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/593599-summit</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Fitzgerald's wrote &quot;This Side of Paradise&quot; while living at this building.  In 1919, when he received word that the publisher accepted it, he ran up and down Summit Avenue, stopping traffic to tell drivers of his success.

He and Zelda were married shortly after publication of this novel.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/593599-summit/detail-325</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:56:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[f. scott fitzgerald childhood home : f. scott fitzgerald]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/f-scott-fitzgerald-childhood-home(509-holly-st-paul-minnesota-55102-united-states)</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Fitzgerald also lived at this apartment with this family when he was a child.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/f-scott-fitzgerald-childhood-home(509-holly-st-paul-minnesota-55102-united-states)/detail-324</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:45:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[f. scott fitzgerald childhood home : f. scott fitzgerald]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/f-scott-fitzgerald-childhood-home</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Fitzgerald lived here with his mother, father, and sister (and a servant) when the 1910 census was taken.

He was 13 years old.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/f-scott-fitzgerald-childhood-home/detail-323</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:43:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the commodore hotel : f. scott fitzgerald]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-commodore-hotel</link>
				<description><![CDATA[F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, lived here when their daughter, Scottie, was born in 1921.

In 1921 Fitzgerald wrote: &quot;We got to the Commodore in St. Paul, and while the leaves blew up the street we waited for our children to be born.&quot;

The Commodore is available for private bookings, and apparently has a limited public use once a year.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-commodore-hotel/detail-322</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:32:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[f. scott fitzgerald birthplace : f. scott fitzgerald]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/f-scott-fitzgerald-birthplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Called the San Mateo Flats by the builder, F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in the left building, second apartment up, on September 24, 1896.  

His father moved the family to New York in 1898.

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote several novels, short stories, poems, and coined the phrase &quot;the Jazz Age&quot;, an era which he is most associated with.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/f-scott-fitzgerald/f-scott-fitzgerald-birthplace/detail-321</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:21:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[alamogordo landfill : atari]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/atari/alamogordo-landfill</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This landfill is the reported site of the mass burial of unsold Atari video game cartridges in 1983, including millions of the unanimously agreed upon to be unplayable '82 video game for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. <s>Don't expect to find any treasures if you visit. The fourteen truckloads of merch that travelled here from El Paso, TX were steamrolled immediately and covered with concrete to prevent looting.</s>]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/video-games/atari/alamogordo-landfill/detail-320</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:18:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paul&#039;s boutique : beastie boys]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/pauls-boutique</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The cover of the breakthrough album &quot;Paul's Boutique&quot; by the Beastie Boys was taken outside of this location in 1989.  

Couple of quick facts:
1.  This location was a restaurant called the Three Monkeys when it caught ablaze on Jan. 20, 2011.

2.  At one point it was a restaurant named &quot;Paul's Boutique&quot; (well after the album came out).

3.  When the cover photo for the album was taken, the Paul's Boutique sign was added to the current exterior of the existing junk shops.

4.  This album still rules.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/beastie-boys/pauls-boutique/detail-319</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:26:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[old sound 80 studios : bob dylan, cat stevens, the suburbs]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-cat-stevens-the-suburbs/old-sound-80-studios</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The old Sound 80 Studios were housed on this location.  Bob Dylan was set to release "Blood on the Tracks" in late 1974, and then suddenly decided to re-record a significant amount of the album here with local set musicians.  

The legends surrounding that decision and those sessions would probably make a great documentary, if it hasn't already been made.

Cat Stevens recorded <em>Izitso</em> here, and other alums include The Suburbs, The Suicide Commandoes, and Dave Brubeck.

Today, the sight is still breaking sonic barriers.  Orfield Laboratories has on the premises an anechoic chamber that was certifed as "the quietest place on earth" (measured at &minus;9.4 dBA) by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2005.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-cat-stevens-the-suburbs/old-sound-80-studios/detail-318</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:59:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fire station 23 : ghostbusters, big trouble in little china, the mask, flatliners  ]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ghostbusters-big-trouble-in-little-china-the-mask-flatliners/fire-station-23</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This firehouse in Los Angeles was closed in 1960 but became a popular filming location after it was used for the interior of the Ghostbusters Headquarters in 1984. A short list of things filmed there since includes Big Trouble in Little China, The Mask, Flatliners, the adult film Flashpoint and tv shows the A-team and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ghostbusters-big-trouble-in-little-china-the-mask-flatliners/fire-station-23/detail-316</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:32:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[klru&#039;s studio 6a : old austin city limits location]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/old-austin-city-limits-location/klrus-studio-6a</link>
				<description><![CDATA[For 36 years, this was the location for the popular tv show Austin City Limits (or ACL for short).

In 2011, the location for this program changed venue to the nearby Moody Theater.

What can you say about this show? It is important, timely, and consistently well done.  Thanks, PBS.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/old-austin-city-limits-location/klrus-studio-6a/detail-315</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:41:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the fonz statue : happy days]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/happy-days/the-fonz-statue</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Located on the river boardwalk area, outside of the Rock Bottom Brewery, is a bronze statue dedicated to the enigmatic character of Arthur Fonzarelli (aka Fonzie, aka the Fonz).  

Henry Winkler, the actor who played Fonzie, evidently called the $85,000 donation by a Milwaukee tourism group, &quot;unbelievable.&quot;

&quot;Happy Days&quot; was set in the 50's era Milwaukee area.  It contributed the indispensable phrase, &quot;Keep it Fonzie,&quot; into popular language.
]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/happy-days/the-fonz-statue/detail-314</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:26:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[moody theater : austin city limits]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/austin-city-limits/moody-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Wasn't sure if this should be a music or tv entry, but this is the new home of the popular television show &quot;Austin City Limits&quot;.

You can get free tickets by going to their website.  Enjoy the Shiner.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/austin-city-limits/moody-theater/detail-313</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:10:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the viper room : river phoenix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/river-phoenix/the-viper-room</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Outside this establishment is where the film star, River Phoenix, died on Oct. 30, 1993.  He was 23 years.

R.I.P.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/river-phoenix/the-viper-room/detail-312</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:32:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[st. louis arch : mu330]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/mu330/st-louis-arch</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The St. Louis Arch at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is the backdrop for the self-titled &quot;MU330&quot; album released in 1999 on Asian Man Records.

Awesome band.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/mu330/st-louis-arch/detail-311</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:20:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[twintone records : ween]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/twintone-records</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I don't know much about this location, except it is listed on the letter head inside the liner notes of my &quot;God Ween Satan&quot; cd.

I know that TwinTone Records put out over 300 records between 1977 and 1994.  One of them is the album &quot;God Ween Satan&quot;, so that alone is worth noting.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/ween/twintone-records/detail-310</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:10:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[first ave : purple rain]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/purple-rain/first-ave</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Besides being a cornerstone of the Minneapolis music scene (literally, it is at the corner of First Avenue and 7th st) that most medium to large acts have played in the past several decades, this old Greyhound bus depot was owned by Prince for a time, and was featured in the film &quot;Purple Rain&quot; in 1984.

The 7th St. Entry is located in the same building, featuring a great space to watch up-and-coming acts in an intimate space.

The newly opened The Depot Tavern is part of the area.  Its menu features the &quot;Diamond Dog&quot;, a bacon-wrapped hot dog in a pretzel bun.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/purple-rain/first-ave/detail-309</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:46:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lakewood cemetery : tiny tim]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tiny-tim/lakewood-cemetery</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Lakewood Cemetery is the final resting place of Tiny Tim, the celebrity figure best known for his ukulele version of &quot;Tiptoe Through the Tulips&quot;.  

Tiny Tim had two heart attacks on stage, the last being his final.  He died on Nov. 30, 1996, at the age of 64.  R.I.P.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tiny-tim/lakewood-cemetery/detail-308</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:27:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[where eddie guerrero died : eddie guerrero]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/eddie-guerrero/where-eddie-guerrero-died</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero died at this hotel.

From wikipedia: "On November 13, 2005, Guerrero was found unconscious in his hotel room (The Marriott City Center) in Minneapolis, Minnesota...Eddie Guerrero was pronounced dead when paramedics arrived on the scene. He was 38 years old. An autopsy revealed that Guerrero died as a result of acute heart failure due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease."

R.I.P.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/pro-wrestling/eddie-guerrero/where-eddie-guerrero-died/detail-307</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:55:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paisley park : prince]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prince/paisley-park</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Paisley Park Studios is where the Great Purple One (Prince) occasionally recorded.  Something akin to the Willy Wonka Candy Factory, its status is continually a subject of mystery.  I worked on a commercial here once, shot in the large sound stage area.  Prince has thrown after-parties here sporadically in the last decade.  Apparently, there are a number of rooms off-limits to nearly everybody, including a worship area since Prince is reportedly a devout Jehovah's Witness.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/prince/paisley-park/detail-306</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:33:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mary tyler moore statue : the mary tyler moore show]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-mary-tyler-moore-show/mary-tyler-moore-statue</link>
				<description><![CDATA[There is a statue near the intersection of 7th street and Nicollet Mall.  The pose is Mary Tyler Moore throwing her hat in the air.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show was set in Minneapolis, and co-starred Ed Asner as the gruff and lovable boss.

It was also one of the earliest shows to focus on an independent woman balancing her career and personal life. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/the-mary-tyler-moore-show/mary-tyler-moore-statue/detail-305</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:03:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[mickey&#039;s diner : a prairie home companion (2006), jingle all the way (1996), the mighty ducks (1992), d3: the mighty ducks (1996)]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/a-prairie-home-companion-2006-jingle-all-the-way-1996-the-mighty-ducks-1992-d3-the-mighty-ducks-1996/mickeys-diner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Mickey's Diner is an old school Art-Deco diner car, made and installed before World War II.  Apparently, it has been operating non-stop since then.  Featured in a number of movies, it also has good comfort food and delicious shakes.

There is a second location down W. 7th st, but this is the location featured in several films.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/a-prairie-home-companion-2006-jingle-all-the-way-1996-the-mighty-ducks-1992-d3-the-mighty-ducks-1996/mickeys-diner/detail-304</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:37:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[fiztgerald theater : a prairie home companion]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/a-prairie-home-companion/fiztgerald-theater</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The movie is a take-off of the popular MPR radio program hosted by Garrison Keillor.  While the radio program often travels to different locations, the majority of the programs are recorded at this theater in downtown St. Paul.

&quot;A Prairie Home Companion&quot; (2006) was the last film directed by Robert Altman.  

The theater is named for F. Scott Fitzgerald, who wrote books.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/a-prairie-home-companion/fiztgerald-theater/detail-303</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:20:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[paramount twin cinema : the trouble with harry]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-trouble-with-harry/paramount-twin-cinema</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is allegedly where The Trouble With Harry premiered. We (we think, logically) went into a nearby bookstore (the theater wasn't open) to see if they had any books or whatever that would contain something about that... they did not. We asked an employee who looked like he'd know about something like that.... he did not. Oh well. We'll say it's true anyway.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-trouble-with-harry/paramount-twin-cinema/detail-302</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:26:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[sharon congregational church : the trouble with harry]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-trouble-with-harry/sharon-congregational-church</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the iconic church from the opening scene. The town doesn't appear in the move other than that. We drove through and got some pics when we took a fantastic road trip in 2010.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/the-trouble-with-harry/sharon-congregational-church/detail-301</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:22:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[red&#039;s recovery room : tom waits]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tom-waits/reds-recovery-room</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Kathleen was sittin down
In little reds recovery room
In her criminal underwear bra]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tom-waits/reds-recovery-room/detail-300</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:07:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[old chain of rocks bridge : escape from new york]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/escape-from-new-york/old-chain-of-rocks-bridge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the movie they called it the 69th St. Bridge and it was supposed to be in New York (obviously), but it was actually filmed on the old Chain of Rocks Bridge between St. Louis and Illinois.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/escape-from-new-york/old-chain-of-rocks-bridge/detail-299</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:36:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[peenem&amp;uuml;nde : gravity&#039;s rainbow]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/gravitys-rainbow/peenemunde</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Peenem&uuml;nde was site of the Nazi research group which developed the V-2 missile.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/literature/gravitys-rainbow/peenemunde/detail-298</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:12:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[witch&#039;s hat : bob dylan, jimi hendrix]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-jimi-hendrix/witchs-hat</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This local landmark, located in Prospect Park, is allegedly the inspiration for the Bob Dylan song, &quot;All Along the Watchtower.&quot;  Dylan lived in the Dinkytown area nearby before he moved to New York.

Known affectionately as &quot;the Witch's Hat&quot;, the former water tower is opened for one day a year to the public for amazing views.  Many artists have covered the song, but Dylan has noted Jimi Hendrix's radical reinterpretation.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bob-dylan-jimi-hendrix/witchs-hat/detail-296</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[former st. paul civic center : bruce springsteen]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/former-st-paul-civic-center</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Before the St. Paul Civic Center was torn down to make room for the Xcel Energy Center, it was the setting for the ultra-cheesy and thoroughly lovable &quot;Dancing in the Dark&quot; video.

From wikipedia: &quot;On June 28, 1984, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, actress Courteney Cox and 200 extras filmed the Brian De Palma-directed music video for 'Dancing in the Dark' at the arena, one day before Springsteen's 1984 Born in the U.S.A. Tour formally opened at the arena.&quot;

Bruce!!]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/bruce-springsteen/former-st-paul-civic-center/detail-295</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lake bluff elementary school : greg graffin, bad religion]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/greg-graffin-bad-religion/lake-bluff-elementary-school</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Greg Graffin went to elementary school here.  I know it's weird, but it states it in the forward of his book, &quot;Anarchy Evolution.&quot;

If you aren't familiar with Graffin, he is the polymath lead singer of Bad Religion/ accomplished solo artist/ professor of paleontology and evolution/ outspoken advocate of atheism/ person who it would be fun to have a beer with.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/greg-graffin-bad-religion/lake-bluff-elementary-school/detail-294</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ramones &amp;quot;cretin bop&amp;quot; : the ramones]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/ramones-cretin-bop</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Legend has it, the Ramones were driving around in St. Paul and were trying to find a place to eat.  They drove by Cretin-Derham School, and imagined a dance there.  Hence, the &quot;Cretin Bop&quot; on the album Rocket to Russia.

From Hey Ho! The Ramones Anthology by David Fricke: Joey Ramone said, &quot;Cretin Hop came from when we were in St. Paul, Minnesota. We went some place to eat and there were just all these cretins all over the place. And there was a Cretin Avenue, where we drove into the city.&quot;]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-ramones/ramones-cretin-bop/detail-293</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[former location of uptown bar : uptown bar]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/uptown-bar/former-location-of-uptown-bar</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This is the former location of the Uptown Bar.  A legendary greasy spoon and rock venue, the Uptown Bar featured such acts as the Replacements, Husker Du, and many others.  It also served remarkably tasty skillets.  Some of my favorite Sunday mornings were spent here hung over with all the other sinners.  Now it is an Apple store.  We miss you, Uptown Bar.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/uptown-bar/former-location-of-uptown-bar/detail-292</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[replacements&#039; guitarist deathplace : the replacements]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements/replacements-guitarist-deathplace</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Bob Stinson, lead guitarist for the legendary rock band the Replacements, died in an apartment above this address on 2/18/95.  
Despite reports to the contrary, Stinson did not die of an overdose, but as the coroner reported, &quot;...rather his body simply wore out after years of abuse.&quot;

This location is referenced in Chuck Klosterman's, &quot;Killing Yourself to Live.&quot;

R.I.P.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-replacements/replacements-guitarist-deathplace/detail-291</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[gastrak : gwar]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/gwar/gastrak</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Gwar guitarist, Corey Smoot (aka Flattus Maximus), was found passed away in his bunk in the tour bus of this border town gas station on 11/3/11.  

A statement from the band said, &quot;Flattus has decided to return to his beloved 'Planet Home', and will never return to this mudball planet again. And this is a sadder place for that.&quot;

R.I.P.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/gwar/gastrak/detail-290</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lowry hill liquor : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/lowry-hill-liquor</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Just a block or two from my apartment. I'm not sure if they ever explained why Marisa Tomei had that ace bandage on her hand unless it was when I was blacked out (the movie was kind of boring).]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/lowry-hill-liquor/detail-288</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[cuzzy&#039;s : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/cuzzys</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Matt Dillon and his racetrack friend had a beer there in one brief shot. Cuzzy's has all of that defaced money on the wall. I think I've only been there once or twice.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/cuzzys/detail-287</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[augie&#039;s : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/augies</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I used to work across the street on the fourth floor and I looked down on this strip club all day. Never been in though, I swear.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/augies/detail-286</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the dubliner : factotum]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/the-dubliner</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Fun Irish pub. They have plastic darts but free popcorn.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/factotum/the-dubliner/detail-285</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ghostbusters hq : ghostbusters]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ghostbusters/ghostbusters-hq</link>
				<description><![CDATA[This was a fully functional firehouse (hook &amp; ladder 8) but there was talk earlier in the year that it was going to be shut down. <a href="/locations/movies/ghostbusters-big-trouble-in-little-china-the-mask-flatliners/fire-station-23">The interior of Ghostbusters headquarters</a> was shot in a firehouse in L.A.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/ghostbusters/ghostbusters-hq/detail-284</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eiffel tower : the pixies]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pixies/eiffel-tower</link>
				<description><![CDATA[All these years I thought the lyrics were 'even though it doesn't make no sense.' Just looked it up and found out I was wrong. At least I got the 'sometimes people can be oh so dense' part right.

]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/the-pixies/eiffel-tower/detail-283</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[9th &amp;amp; hennepin : tom waits]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tom-waits/9th-hennepin</link>
				<description><![CDATA[tom waits said in an interview that 9th &amp; hennepin used to spell trouble and now it spells sandals and yogurt. i don't know about sandals and yogurt, but that intersection doesn't seem all that dangerous to me. the song is on rain dogs.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/music/tom-waits/9th-hennepin/detail-281</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[dog house : breaking bad]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/dog-house</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Jesse bought a gun here in season 2. I ate at the dog house when I visited NM and then I got ill, but I'm not blaming the hot dogs. ]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/television/breaking-bad/dog-house/detail-280</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the bean : source code]]></title>
				<link>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/source-code/the-bean</link>
				<description><![CDATA[There it is at the end and I think it also shows up in his flashbacks or whatever those were. I lured you here with shiny things for this review: the movie was just ok.]]></description>
				<guid>http://popturf.com/locations/movies/source-code/the-bean/detail-279</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>