Iconic LA Locations On The Sunset Strip Are Being Torn Down - Goodbye To Viper Room & Tower Records
The Sunset Strip May 2022
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a praying mantis
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has his elbows on the table
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elbows off the table
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welcome everyone
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adam the woo here as a recording of this
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friday may 27
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2022 also known
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as my last day of california for a while
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leaving in the morning
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and i figured what better way to spend
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the day
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for daphne
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going up and down
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sunset strip yeah
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known for a lot of things that i know
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but you're going to teach me a thing or
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two about some monthly crew history
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in fact you have a list you made it you
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have i think so we're just basically
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going to walk that up and down sunset
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strip sunset boulevard coming out of
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hollywood into west hollywood turns into
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the strip and we're just going to see
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what we can see you'll share some info
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with me
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i'll share some info with you we'll put
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our infos together see what we come up
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with
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what are one of the give me one or two
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things that you that you're really
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excited about about showing me on the
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show oh my gosh um the house their
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apartment
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is okay and then
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also
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i'm really excited for where we might
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eat lunch too oh no spoilers
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i want to see the viper room because
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supposedly they're tearing the viper
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room down
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once owned by johnny depp river phoenix
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passed away in the front sidewalk
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a piece of hollywood west hollywood
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history is going away so this might be
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my last time seeing
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that building
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did monday crew ever played there
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um tommy lee got into a fight outside of
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it
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and he had to pay 17 000 to the um
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paparazzi betty's lunch and the
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paparazzi wow
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you know a lot of it you know a lot
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about molly crew all right i'm inviting
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you to join me
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that's a good thing i didn't bring my
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scooter also a lot of hollywood tours
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go through here as well
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now this is something that's kind of
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interesting history this is a rocky and
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bullwinkle statue that used to be down
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over in front of chateau marmont now he
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pronounced it marmont yes he used to be
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in front of there where the production
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facilities of this animated
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classic were and it was put in storage
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this this sculpture was put in storage
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for like 10 years
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and no one knew what happened to it but
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in the last year or so i'm just trying
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to
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trying to just kind of shimmy along
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these flowers are those petunias
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i guess i could have just walked around
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but they have brought this back out and
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perched it here on the corner of
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holloway drive
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rocky and bullwinkle
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are back
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established 1961 there's a famous photo
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of the misfits in front of this back
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when it was at his original spot one of
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the few photos of this
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it's another band that starts with an m
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yeah
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and holy cow
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holloway turns into horn ave
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right over there used to be tower
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records
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that's so weird seeing it it's gone
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we're just in the parking lot like a
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year ago yeah like a year ago i did a
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weezer video and rivers cuomo used to
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work over there now that's just the tip
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of the iceberg when it comes to music
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history that happened to tower records
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r.i.p tower records gone
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and i'm gonna show the photo here
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there's the misfits
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and there's
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rocky and bullwinkle right there
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classic photo nikki six and tommy lee
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did a signing of the dirt here for the
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book okay and it just recently was used
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in pam and tommy which they did also a
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signing of their album there so this is
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recently used in that
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and there was a fight here you said
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between axel rose and tommy and vince
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neil oh it fits neal
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they wanted to meet karen like
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did the fight really happen
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i couldn't find him if it did i'll have
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to look that up
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so supposedly rumored
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they planned on it they had planned on
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it it does appear as if there's still a
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little bit of the original foundation
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left so this wall here was part of tower
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records and this whole front section but
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now it's gonna be turned into something
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else
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look at that just as i was saying there
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are a lot of tour buses that go through
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here we're doing our own walking tour
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self-guided now here is the world famous
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whiskey a go-go
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you ever been to a concert in there yes
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i've been to many concerts inside it's
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so cool because there's a lot of motley
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crue stuff inside like obviously but
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there's a home sweet home like like
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coaster just a bunch of really cool like
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memorabilia inside it's so neat i've
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been in there one time i saw fat mike
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from nofx's side project the clown band
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he was in i saw that there a few years
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ago the only time i've ever been in
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there looks like they still got concerts
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going on so this place is still open
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let's walk across
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in
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montlick 1989 played a warm-up show for
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doctor feel good here and they went
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under their name before skins which
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tommy we made up before they became a
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figure oh very interesting you can just
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picture them loading their band gear
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through here
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although they probably have roadies well
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maybe then when they started they might
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not have they loaded all their own stuff
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when i was in a band this would have
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been very difficult to pull my base amp
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up this little incline right here
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think of all the feet that have walked
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across that right there
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there's a van halen here this is a star
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walk so they got signed to electric
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records inside here um from the show
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here
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tom i always pronounce his last name
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from electric records when he saw him
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here said motley crue sold out and he
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came in and and they were signed on to
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sushi
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so he saw the concert they went to a
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sushi restaurant and he signed them to
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the record deal
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i know they celebrated them being signed
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out of sushi okay gotcha so he might
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have gone to rainbow but they had sushi
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at some point during the night sushi
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happened
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this says since opening in 1964 the
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whiskey of goga has been one of the
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world's most prominent important rock
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and roll venues
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stages served a launching pad for
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generations of using legends including
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johnny rivers frank zappa love the doors
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buffalo springfield guns and roses and
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yes
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the crew
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okay we're walking up to these
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apartments this is right next to the
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whiskey
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so what happened to these apartments
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um their manager got
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nikki and vince apartment here and they
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were here for a year two years before
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they got evicted and they caught it the
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motley house and the cops were called so
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many times and they kept kicking on the
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door that eventually they just nailed
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the door shut so people would come in
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through the window
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the motley house so which one am i
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looking at is that one one two zero
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might not translate to camera very well
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but this is very steep imagine i cannot
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imagine
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someone who was intoxicated walking up
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there
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and also what we just pointed out was
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used in the movie the dirt as
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the filming locations of their house but
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in real just because they could show it
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in the same camera angle the motley
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house
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and the club but in reality
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it was one one four zero right here on
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clark street
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a little bit more of a hike
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very steep now it's kind of interesting
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if you search the interwebs a lot of
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discrepancies on whether it's this one
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or whether it's one one two four
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or whether it's one one one four which
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is down here which is said to be where g
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and r live for a while and their
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apartment number was
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205. so it was in the back of this
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courtyard over here because there's 204
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so you got the
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even numbers on this side the odd
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numbers on the other side can't get in
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there but yeah it was around that corner
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over there and this photo was taken
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somewhere on this property at one four
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we're just pretty much saying it's one
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one four zero apartment 205. that's our
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guess
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and then they're june of 1981 and then
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they were evicted in march of 1982
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not even a full year very short lived
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and this is oddly similar and could be
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the duplicate of what exists a few miles
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down out down on sunset boulevard
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because sunset boulevard turns into the
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strip
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but this
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reminds me of the crossroads of the
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world globe
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it says something of the world so maybe
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it is crossroads of the world globe
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that's the old hustler building
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oh the world of hustler
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i was way off i really like this
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paparazzi mural over here against the
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side of the wall you can't get over to
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it because it's like fenced off with
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this paparazzi mural everybody with
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their cameras out
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although the paparazzi don't use those
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type of cameras much anymore
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i like this neon here
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you got where it spells roxy but you got
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the neon up top
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i've got a few shows here
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through september
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how the band i was that's playing here
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with ignite i used to be in that band
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got her mouth
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i like this side loading door maybe not
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the loading door but the door here
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check this out it has a little
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submarine
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window
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it's pretty awesome
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and right next door
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the historic rainbow room where lemmy
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from motorhead would all could always be
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seen he was always in here hanging
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around and along the bricks are all
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these different names
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oh here's the foo fighters here here's
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down
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rush
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tesla not the car
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the band
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house of
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pain smashing pumpkins fish bone
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highly doubtful that the bands had these
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put here maybe the venue had it put here
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because
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i mean would david bowie have said i
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want to put my brick here so maybe
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someone else did that i don't know if
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bowie
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would have done it do you see him oh no
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oh there you go
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nice
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sebastian box skid row tom petty
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doctor too oh look dr teeth the muppets
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and inside is a sculpture of lemmy from
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motorhead inside the bar itself
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crossing over the street now and gonna
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walk up to where the viper room is and
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the liquor store
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which it is said that very soon both of
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those buildings could be well most
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likely will be
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demolished and they're going to build
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something else in this place a little
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piece of history you build apartments
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apartments condos are taking over
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sunset strip liquor
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johnny depp used to own this and also
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used to live behind it
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be kind of neat to
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maybe go by and see where his place was
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behind the vine there too if we could
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figure that out
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look at this this old vintage neon sign
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with a cigar
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that's a cigar right there
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they're still doing shows here
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interesting fact i have never been
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inside this building have you yeah
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you've been in yeah i've been multiple
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times
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i've never been inside the viper room
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the movie valley girl was filmed in
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there with nicholas cage where he made
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out with the girl in the bathroom it was
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inside there and the band was playing
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on stage
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but
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right over here
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where river scenic river phoenix passed
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away
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on the sidewalk over here very sad
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halloween a halloween night happened on
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a halloween evening
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so tommy lee got another fight out here
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yeah the fight where he bought the
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paparazzi was outside here yeah we paid
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the 17 000.
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oh the paparazzi fight yeah it was right
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outside okay and it is interesting there
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are next to the liquor store here
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there's nothing on
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the upcoming attractions of what bands
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are going to be here now there is
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something up top here but there's really
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nothing else so possibly
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this could be on the chopping block
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sooner than later there's never really
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enough
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all right so music history right here in
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front of the viper room
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soon to be erased
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all the rock work
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you got the dice
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and here's the loading door right here
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this is where the bands would load all
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their stuff in right here
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have any idea where johnny depp's house
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was
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here was like one of these back this way
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also back in there yeah
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and this is around the back side of the
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property the viper room property well
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this would be the liquor store loading
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through here i guess there's probably a
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load in hallway and then goes up to the
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stage
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viper room all over there
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yeah a little little johnny depp history
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too
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a over river phoenix history
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molly crew history
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valley girl nicholas cage history a lot
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of history this purple velvet door is a
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place called the classic cat established
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1965
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we do a little construction here on the
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awning
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as well i'm noticing over here in the
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is a kat von d guitar which i don't i
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didn't realize that she played guitar
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i mean she might but i just didn't
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realize but it says right there on the
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neck kat von d well she dated nikki six
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for a while oh she dated nikki six yeah
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they dated like yeah quite a few years
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look at you with the motley crew tie-ins
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it's kind of cool to see all the
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you know a magazine shop that's right
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here on the street reminds me of the the
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old newspaper stands up no not
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newspapers just magazines
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right here along the
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sunset strip and plenty of buses i
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always like the look of this building
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with this
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little foliage coming down the side very
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artistic looking
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a neat looking building
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it's a hotel okay now passing back by
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the rocky and bullwinkle
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statue
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and i don't know how this didn't slip
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past my or this look past my radar this
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place called the state
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the state social house
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this used to be house of blues even when
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i lived here
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2015 60 what year did it close
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2015 so i was in orange county then
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interesting house of blues right here if
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you turn off sunset strip onto sunset
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plaza drive a little movie location this
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montgomery management company company
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over here located eight six two three is
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that what it says sunset boulevard and
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eight six two one
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looks kind of like a bank this is
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release this is you could rent this if
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you wanted to this was used in the movie
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scarface
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it was the montana
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management or realty company there's two
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different scenes there was one here
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and there was one here where they walk
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out of here
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him and his friend manny
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there's a montage scene the whole
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montage with the tiger and all that too
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in that same kind of time frame where
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they go across here and then you see
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them going into that building over there
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now on this guitar in front of mel's is
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cindy loper of course
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very famous smells drive-in there are a
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few of these there's one over on
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hollywood and highland
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and i think there's one up in northern
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california but then there's also one
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right here on sunset strip and we parked
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it a lot
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not the 16 one first three hours but a
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dollar an hour lot on the other side of
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the comedy store
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a lot of comedy names have played here
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i've never been to a comedy show at the
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comedy store
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but i do know of its history
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see some of the names of written
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here on the side
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oh there's gilbert right there
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yakov smearing off
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mark summers from double dare
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rowdy roddy piper
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and around the back there's a little bit
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of history from belly dancing in the 40s
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to belly laughter in the 80s come a long
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way baby 100 seat out place upstairs in
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encourage the growth of women in comedy
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until opening the belly room in 78 there
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were about 30 males to every female
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comedian now they're about five to one
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in the store quote stores
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in 83 the belly room was given a new
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decor and the new headliner policy and
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henceforth would be called
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the belly headliner room
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very
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interesting
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so you see where it says mitzi only
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right there
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this is where
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led zeppelin would party on one of these
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balconies on probably the other side
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right the other side yeah the
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continental height that's the right
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the continental hyatt house
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was it jimmy page that was up on the
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balcony with the photo yep
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and the one that they referenced and
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almost famous that's the hotel that they
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go to that penny
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and almost famous nice
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we're noticing too the house up here
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there's a sign that says main room
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workshop and belly room up top referring
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to the comedy store at the bottom of the
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hill this is way up at the top of the
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hill up there and there's pete davidson
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did he just do his last show on snl
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yeah and joe's a crazy motley crew tying
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with him is that he plays tom
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i always pronounce this concept but the
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guy from electrical records that sign
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molly crew he plays it in the dirt movie
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oh really yeah he plays him all kind of
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tie-ins
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pat oswalt colin quinn also snl alum
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david spade
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jim florenty i remember he'd be on stern
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a lot rob schneider
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one day i'll come back to la and i'll go
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to a
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show here one day
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it'll happen
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oh
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charles fleischer voice of roger rabbit
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also in back to future two oh no way
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that is so cool
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jim varney also known as ernest p
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warrell all right just a few blocks over
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from where we were the original
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barney's beanery games and pool parking
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is around back
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have a variety of different food items
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as well now i have never been here you
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recommended this
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what is it going to be inside barney's
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beanery that i have to look forward to
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seeing a little history oh my gosh well
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this was the last place that janice was
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before she passed away um so she
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actually has her name carved um that
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used to be on the bar says janice was
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here and now it's on the ceiling um and
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also jim morrison stood on the bar and
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he uh relieved himself yeah he urinated
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the bar
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all over the so we probably don't want
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to eat on the bar unless you have a
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plate yes
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have a plate for you at the bar and what
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kind of food do they have um it's kind
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of like american kind of food it's a
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diner kind
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so i always thought because it was
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called the beanery that it was a coffee
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shop but really it's a restaurant yeah
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just a restaurant there's another one in
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burbank also but it doesn't have as much
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history as this this is the original one
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original one last place where janice was
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before she went back to her hotel
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wow and then she passed away yeah
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there's a story of the bartender that
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served her her last it was four shots of
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southern comfort and the bartender in
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the headlines the next day she thought
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that she
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killed her because it said that she died
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of alcohol poisoning but it wasn't it
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was other substances wow
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and also when we were inside eating did
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not realize that maryland used to kind
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of hang out in there too during some
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like it hot
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it was it was in the in the menu there
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was like a bunch of informative
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you know information about the place and
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not only something like it hot she'd be
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in here
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i guess you know grabbing a meal as well
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but also they filled a lot of colombo
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with peter falk inside there for some of
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the early episodes
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of columbo we both ended up getting
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hamburgers i ended up getting a side
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salad and a double meat burger what'd
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you end up getting i got the barbecue
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bacon burger and a side of fries yours
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is way healthier than mine well not
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really because yours only had one patty
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i had the two patty deal
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with everything on it so it kind of kind
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of worked out the same way oh mine was a
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juicy lucy that's what it was juicy lucy
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it was the cheese so it has the cheese
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on inside of it yeah so it's like the
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burger but then they put the cheese
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inside so that's what makes up a juicy
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loser and while i was over there talking
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about barney's beanery
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this looks so familiar
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mel gibson was up there danny glover was
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down here
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you know the movie he had my guy well
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lethal weapon
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right up there
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wow
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it's the same sign who knew well i guess
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i could have looked it up but i just
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glanced over and said
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that's a filming location right there
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and it is this building looked a little
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bit different but i remember danny
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glover pushed mel gibson inside here was
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kind of yelling at him
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danny glover was so great in that movie
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emerson international oriental rugs and
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ceramic tile i really hope i'm correct
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and i'm just not way off on this but i
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think that's the roof line up there
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right with the barney's beanery sign in
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view you have to wonder on the set of
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that film if they walked over here this
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is the back side of barney's beanery
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right here and they grabbed a bite to
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eat
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after that dramatic moment right there
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from the roof jumping off that roof
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also i haven't seen a satellite dish in
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a long time walking down this sidewalk
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there is a sam ash
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music and percussion place but there's
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also a guitar center next door
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that has quite a bit of history you see
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the sign right there protruding out and
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lots of paintings
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up on the side you got jimi hendrix
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up there the first one
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i'm noticing
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and this is the
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rock wall rock walk of fame
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up here
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there's a little piece of history you
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want to talk about here too as well
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right yeah motley crue um put their
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handprints and everything in 1997 here
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yeah there's a big guitar right there
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painted on the side
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just got headphones on up top here it is
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to those who
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music continues to echo through the
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decades to those who foresight in
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pioneering efforts have made a lasting
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creative
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contribution to the rock
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walk
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of fame look at all these see them i see
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stevie wonder right here is he smokey
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robinson brian wilson from the beach
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boys joe satriani here they are
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right down here
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that's neil
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96 tommy lee
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and nick mars
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oh they're right next to the ramones
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johnny marquis cj and joey and alice
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cooper frank zappa james brown
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lou reed ozzy
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mike turner james burton
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dwayne eddy
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kansas
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don't look now but you have a tour going
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up going beside you
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i think you have the better view though
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so not going to be able to see all the
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handprints from up there
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lincoln park
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ronnie jane
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skinner
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vince gill a little country western in
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scorpions
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pumpkins
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oh there's janice
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a little tie into the beanery we were
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just at and there's curt
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oh wait a second oh yes
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we are now approaching the seventh vale
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which was the club that they did the
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music video for girls girls girls out
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and mentioned in the song
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girls girls girls and they met in here
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and the body shop and the body shop is
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further down sunset but they also have
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the girls girls girls sign that they
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um held the album release party there
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at the
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body shop
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right next to it
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butterfly pavilion banner
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right next door i like this whole motel
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sign
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the hollywood
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motor inn hollywood end of some sort
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and sunset
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and this grocery store across the road
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is
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titled rock and roll ralph's it even
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says it on the side of the wall rock and
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roll ralph's over there
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see right there on the side rock and
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roll ralph's
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zoomed way in
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i wanted to show it really is called
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rock and roll ralph and speaking of jim
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morrison back in my car now
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the mural of them right there on the
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side of the wall
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also a little tie into barney's beanery
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that we were just at
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okay this is what i was thinking of
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earlier that
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is the crosshairs of the world now
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passing the cinerana cinerama dome i had
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heard a rumor that this had closed and
26:40
they were boarding it up
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and it is confirmed take a look at this
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the cinderella cinerama i'm having
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trouble saying that cinerama dome has
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been completely boarded up i'm not
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really sure what they're going to do
26:51
with this tear it down probably
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apartments
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so for two years it's been closed wow
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i remember seeing pictures of the e.t
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premiere here across the road a young
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drew barrymore being interviewed over
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there so much history
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the arclight center on cenoramado that's
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the third time i have not been able to
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say that word cinnamon
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and as stated earlier
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i am heading out of southern california
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tomorrow
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crossing a state
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line been fun being here
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even though the traffic
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is just like i remember it
27:39
slow going
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i'm definitely not gonna miss
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l.a traffic
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see the next video the vlog
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is over