Visiting Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame & Cleveland BBQ on Last Day In Ohio / Downtown Theatre District
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
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today's adventure begins as a recording
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of the Sunday October night 2022 across
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the street is that grocery store
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that used to be a bank
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it's a trust company but now it's a
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grocery store but that
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is not one I want to focus on I want to
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focus on this weighted Double L right
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here that the wind is blowing around
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look at this
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Triple L there's an L here
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there's an L here and there's an L here
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and it's very Gusty very windy so this
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thing
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his turn
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look at it it's shifting welcome
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everyone out of the woo here
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exploring Ryan
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also in the house outside the house
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outside of the hotel
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I think today is going to be the most
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Pleasant of our three days this is our
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third day here
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full day here
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today we're going to go to the Rock and
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Roll Hall of Fame we're gonna go to a
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couple cemeteries
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and we're just going to wander around
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downtown we did not rent a car so we
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might have to take an Uber I don't know
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what we're gonna do you have any ideas
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we're gonna see some koi oh
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there's a there's one there how many's
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in there there's two there there are
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three uh Urban Plates oh okay I like the
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koi that are in the water here
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are those petunias
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I haven't done that I haven't done I
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haven't done that bit explain the ding
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thing that is the inside joke belt when
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I was on radio it's a Cleveland thing
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when somebody uh mentions their
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catchphrase or an inside joke we'd hit
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the the ding real quick all right yeah
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what would your catchphrase be on your
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channel uh either uh uh do just a little
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exploring ding or uh that's probably
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just a little score oh hello ladies and
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gentlemen it is I your uncle's floor
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there it is there we go I'm inviting you
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to join me
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Charlie now at this intersection is the
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Saint John the Baptist Cathedral quite
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an impressive and beautiful
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looking sculpture
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well not a sculpture a building and this
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is a beacon of goodness right here a
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little a little donkey a little D and D
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I don't think I don't think coffee has
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ever been referred to as the the board
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game but yeah a little
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we need a piping hot caffeinated
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beverage we both went with hot coffees I
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went with the large you went with the
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medium and take a look up here at this
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owl who is focusing in intently on this
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skeleton little doorway here on the exit
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to Duncans okay my head is a little cold
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so for twenty dollars I picked up one of
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these little caps here it says Cleveland
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on it I think it's a Browns cap but my
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head's just cold so thanks man
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doesn't say Brown's on it says Cleveland
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so I got myself pick myself up a a
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little souvenir
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cause this brisk out here
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now just to clarify I am not a I don't I
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don't really go to football games I'm
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not going to a football game but there's
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a lot of people behind me that are right
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now
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what is this called
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it's a second City Strange Brew
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reference I was like with Rick Moranis
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what was the other guy's name
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not to be confused with the guy that
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created Wendy yeah I don't know
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all right you guys you guys ready
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are you in the pound today yes nice
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there you go have fun
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and once again not going in there just
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passing by you but take a look at the
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little train station there that's pretty
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cool and it almost looks like a little
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Dome over there as well in the distance
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it's the science center now I have been
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inside this building before it's
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probably been I don't know four five six
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years ago give or take
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and there is a mar I'm gonna go back in
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as well not gonna be a full tour but I
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definitely want to stop it I always like
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seeing these cbgb's awning it's a big
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you know punk rock CBS
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fan and some other stuff see if
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anything's changes but this says
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birthplace of rock and roll Cleveland
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Ohio when radio station
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wjw disc jockey Allen free to pass away
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in 65 use the term rock and roll to
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describe the Up Tempo black rhythm and
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blues record he played at the beginning
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of 1951. he named it genre a popular
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music to appeal the audiences of both
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sides
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in the 1950s
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the birthplace of rock and roll
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marker and this is kind of a win in row
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moment because I stated I did pop in
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here before but I got to thinking when
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is the next time I'll probably ever be
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back in Cleveland so I figured I might
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as well stop in honestly when was the
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next time we'll be back in Cleveland we
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did the Wild Card series my team lost
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yeah they're not quite open yet still a
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few more minutes before the doors open
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but take a look at this this is from the
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house of cash in Hendersonville
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Tennessee this is Johnny Cash's tour bus
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right here this is awesome
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it's a motor coach Cruiser mc9
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and Johnny Cash himself
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was in there touring
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says J cash one on the front
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also says closed
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on the front over there
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love Johnny Cash
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this is right here
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off in the distance downtown Cleveland
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Skyline and that is kind of peeking in
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the front window there kind of looking
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at the the seats the little pull out
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beds all those kind of things and a
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staple here in Cleveland are these
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insects which sport and Ryan told me
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they have no mouths and they only
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survive about two days and these are
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everywhere and anywhere around the
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Greater Cleveland area
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all over now I'm seeing an assortment of
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ducks over there swimming in the lake
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but also this rather large ship called
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the Cleveland Cliffs
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and I believe there's also a submarine
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somewhere in this General neighborhood
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also see if I can find it as I'm walking
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over to find the submarine so you got a
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generator here a lot of people doing a
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little tailgating before the game just
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passing through but look at number 46
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this is called the lambulance you know
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because Cleve land we got the city
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skyline there and then it says the land
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viewlets
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and here's another bus right here Hall
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painted brown and everything everyone's
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just partying down and now walking past
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the submarine I always kind of neat to
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see a submarine right here on the
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shoreline it looks like somebody's over
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there doing a little work on it passing
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by the sub and now it appears as if the
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should be
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open and gonna pop in real quick and
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just see we can see
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long live rock and I have procured a
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little bench over here a little picnic
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table along with I'll show this after I
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kind of describe what I saw inside the
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a little
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merch
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a little merch pickup that I purchased
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inside there but when you first walk in
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you go inside and you go down an
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escalator and one of the main things I
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wanted to see was the CBGB awning back
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from it was we were placed here back in
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1987. the awning hung above the cbgb's
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and served as a club signage from the
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late 80s until it closed in 2006 the
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original one
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ended up being stolen so the original
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one no longer exists anymore
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I just want to show some of the other
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stuff that I really kind of enjoy like
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Hank Williams suit which was designed by
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nudity Taylor rodeos in North Hollywood
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I believe it is so you got Hank Williams
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suit and some other Hank Williams
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paraphernalia that is scattered through
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the hall
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and a lot of Elvis stuff so Elvis
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Presley's custom motorcycle
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sits here
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1975 super trike which is made by super
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trikes of Memphis Tennessee and of
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course I love Elvis quite a bit
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including one of Elvis's guitar in the
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60s Gibson guitars offered a double neck
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guitar in any configuration and Elvis
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ended up playing one and was used during
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spin out so this was actually screen
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used during spin out and Elvis Presley's
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suit as well which was designed by Bill
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Ballou which was used I Believe In The
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Comeback Special or one of the specials
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yeah the 1968 Comeback Special according
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to the the signage that's there now as
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far as drum kits go this was used in a
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lot of different things this was used by
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drumu w s Holland who was who played
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with Johnny Cash and this exact drum kit
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was used in Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire
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so you know I love Johnny Cash and it's
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hard to imagine that the recording of
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that this drum kit was actually used
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use for that and Roy Orbison is another
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one I'm just kind of like kind of giving
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a brief brief amount of of items that I
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kind of really thought were kind of
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caught my eye some Roy Orbison stuff
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here including jacket and sunglasses
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Johnny Cash's suit a couple of different
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Johnny Cash items as well used for cry
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cry cry by Johnny Cash
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uh the suit he wore in 1955 some Janice
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Joplin stuff I love Janice Joplin uh her
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some stuff she is she wore her
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eyeglasses necklaces a chord chart
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things like that and then you kind of go
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into some punk rock stuff quite a bit of
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punk rock history not only cbgbs but
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just like the New York doll stuff and
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things like that including a guitar that
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was played by The Ramones steedie
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Ramone's bass guitar and also a t-shirt
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that said vicious wore from The Sex
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Pistols so that's pretty awesome you
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know I just definitely love punk rock
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stuff Iggy Pop his jacket from 1980 1988
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also in here so you got that and then
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Sid Vicious The Sex Pistols chord chart
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for my way which was released in 1978 so
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you got Sid Vicious the chord chart so
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this was this was handwritten by The Sex
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Pistols here Angus Young from AC DC his
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uh you know his uniform that he would
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wear looking like a school kid and all
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that kind of gives a little info on the
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AC DC outfit and of course the grunge
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scene got some Allison chain stuff some
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Nirvana stuff things like that and then
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continuing on he got a pinball machine
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that was used by the Rolling Stones
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Keith Richards kept and played this
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exact machine and is dated 1980 but this
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was at his home and and all that and of
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course the Beatles Love The Beatles
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Beatles one of my all-time favorite
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bands a lot of John Lennon stuff
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including John Lennon's passport Paul
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McCartney's suit a John Lennon jacket
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all that type of stuff and handwritten
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Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds hand
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written
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by John Lennon and Paul McCartney on
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this sheet of paper which is amazing to
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even really think about Alice Cooper
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there's some Alice Cooper stuff as well
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I love Alice Cooper I've always been a
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big fan of Green Day obviously I have a
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plant girl on my on my arm tattooed but
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you know I always remember the 1994
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Woodstock what they called Mud stock
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Mike dirt's Bass that he played and he
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ended up getting I think he got his nose
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broken or his face busted in that show
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this is the bass he was playing and then
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Billy Joe he was you know his shirt that
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he was wearing that was completely
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covered in mud that is here behind the
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case too there's some Hendrick stuff
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some of his guitars
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Etc that's kind of scattered through
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here and then Tom Petty the Tom Petty
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outfit that he wore for the 1995 issue
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of Rolling Stone is also here an outfit
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for the MTV Music Awards and we talk
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about the White Stripes of course Jack
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White and Meg white Meg whites shirt
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that she wore for Icky Thump on the
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cover of that the 2007 album is in here
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as well I'm going to go up the escalator
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you kind of go up to a Pink Floyd The
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Wall exhibit at the very top which is
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kind of interesting and from there you
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go into an area where they have even
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more
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very detailed stuff like Michael
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Jackson's jacket from Thriller you think
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of Michael Jackson you think of Thriller
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and you think a lot of other things but
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Thriller is so iconic and this is the
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actual jacket that he wore in in that
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music video and then moving on to more
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Nirvana stuff Kurt Cobain actually saw
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Kurt Cobain and Nirvana on the in utero
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tour and the one on the guitar on the
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left is when he was playing at the show
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I saw in Lakeland Florida the one on the
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right is the one the famous one where he
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took the drill he had the guitar he
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busted the guitar on stage and all that
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and that you know pretty pretty wild to
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even think about that this was the this
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was the guitar that that Kurt Cobain
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just busted during the in utero tour Joe
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Strummer of course on a big Clash fan
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Joe shrimmer's guitar is in here as well
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so pretty pretty awesome that's just
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kind of a roundabout items of some of
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the things I saw some of the few things
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that I just wanted to Showcase and with
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the Rock Hall off in the distance yeah
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the streets all closed off for everyone
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heading into the Cleveland Browns game
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all ConEd off and everything as well
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you kind of see the pyramid off in the
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distance and ended up picking up this
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you are here shirt which is a shirt John
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Lennon kind of made famous but I kind of
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got it as well because you know I go to
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a lot of places where I wonder where I
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am and you see the little signs like the
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the images and the guide Maps where it
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says you are here so this kind of has a
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dove reference because I love John
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Lennon's solo stuff but also that you
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are here so I picked this up from the
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rock a little cut myself a little
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souvenir and I think I could probably
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not have this cap on anymore the weather
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has kind of well now we're going in the
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shade so maybe that was not the best
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call but it's kind of warmed up just a
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little bit it's a bit better yeah what
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did you think of the Rock and Roll Hall
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of Fame you know what I haven't been in
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there since let's call it like maybe 95
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it has definitely grown quite a bit uh
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or or maybe I'm just old enough to have
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better appreciation yeah yeah I I was
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definitely impressed it seems like
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they've added stuff since I was there
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even five years ago yeah what was your
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favorite thing if you had to pick one
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thing that you really liked who agreed
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well I'm a little head so seeing the
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lyrics the hand written lyrics for Holy
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Diver from Ronnie James Diaz yeah but in
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terms of the most uh mind-blowing piece
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I'm gonna go with from Michael
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Jackson right selling his album of all
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time I'm gonna coin that term sellingest
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the sellingest album of all time and you
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know I'm not a metal head like you are
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but I've been to a lot of metal shows I
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saw Sepultura back in the day and they
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had they had Mac was it Max caballera
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yeah
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they had some they had some of his stuff
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in there too so they absolutely did it
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was the whole thing was just pretty
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awesome yeah and look how many people
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are out here heading over to the game
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all right what are we gonna do next all
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right we have decided to grab a bite to
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eat at this barbecue place called
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Mabel's call right
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one of the locals as I was as I was
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doing my little Spiel talking about the
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restaurant he did a little making fun of
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my accent just a little bit as they were
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kind of walking by this place looks
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pretty good and really because the
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football game's going on there wasn't a
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whole heck of a lot of people in here I
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ended up going with the Polish Girl
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sausage classic Cleveland barbecue sauce
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coleslaw pulled pork and a hoagie roll
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and for a side I end up killing two
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different sides I got the potato salad
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which is Dill celery and sour cream I
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also got the loaded fried potatoes
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chopped brisket Cedar sauce scallions
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and chives and Ryan got sausage awesome
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but he ended up getting a pecans
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a pecan pie of some sort as well and I
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in fact did have to get it to go Mabel's
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barbecue so I have a little bit
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something for a little bit later so I
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didn't really I didn't really even dive
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too far into the the blue to potatoes
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potato salad and all that and I'll
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potato salad with a little potatoes over
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here on the corner of Prospect Street is
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a very interesting this is a Bank of
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America but look how skinny it is kind
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of starts off at like a v-shape and then
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goes along here so it's kind of skinny
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building goes up City year but I'm also
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looking over here at the caxton building
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which looks to be kind of like another
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arcade style
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type of deal but this is like a famous
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this is a famous spot here in Cleveland
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right it is yeah do you see what else is
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right here what's up there is that the
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building oh yeah that's the ATT building
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that was said to be the inspiration for
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Superman's Daily Planet building right
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there because Superman this is the
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birthplace of Superman the comics and
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this right here would have been the
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inspiration so they say there's also
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some steam coming out of the bottom over
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there is that what they refer to as a
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Cleveland steamer uh no that would be
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behind you and down a little
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that's where the guy was oh yeah
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yesterday Yeah we actually witnessed one
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in real time which was
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can put that on film and we're just
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noticing there's a sports bar over here
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where yesterday there were a lot of
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people for the the Cleveland Indians
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Cleveland caving Guardians playoff game
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but also today for the Cleveland Browns
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but this kind of looks like the
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Ghostbusters Firehouse right here
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doesn't it the caxton building I don't
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know if you can go in here this might
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just be Apartments now but I just love
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this chandelier light oh look at this up
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here there's like a I don't know if
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that's a skull or what that is
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wow
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up at the top there yeah
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see the steam just emulating
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out of that sewer grate right there
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when you think of Cleveland are you
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wearing these glasses at the game the
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other day the Charlie Sheen from major
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league right here
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oh in A Christmas Story nice and Bowie
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the bullet comes down you had these
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glasses on yesterday glasses I
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absolutely uh had them yesterday I've
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got them right here is sort of a cross
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between Ralphie from the Christmas story
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and settling Jesse Raphael right there
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between the buildings he got the got the
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grocery store over there that used to be
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at a bank it's the Goodyear blimp
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right up there Goodyear blip going by
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it's getting ready to just go out of
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frame
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the historic Goodyear blimp
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and there
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it goes
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this Gothic
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Archway
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leading into this property here with the
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trees
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across the dirt road
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this is located right across from the
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stadium
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like this little building here
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and there's a plaque over here let's see
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what this says back in 1826 when the
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other first
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closed trustees paid letterk senior one
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dollar for eight acres of land and
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dedicated it one dollar for this
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property
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this entire property was bought for a
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buck
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back in 1826.
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getting that view
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really good view now the ATT building
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inspiration for the Daily Planet
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you notice there's a little water tower
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next to it says caxton building
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very small next to the side of it
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evidently was
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some sculptures in front of this at one
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point
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it's no telling how long this lock has
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been on here
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you see all the bugs flying around
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so you have the
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wrought iron
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door here but then it's also been
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completely shuttered in
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with the concrete there so you couldn't
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even get in there if you wanted to
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sealed off
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forever
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and walk it back on the street level or
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someone with a tandem bike or so riding
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the writing alone
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on a tandem bike
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take a look at these old buildings over
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here very unique
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got a little ghost sign up top here I
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can't really read but that's uh
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love these old retro buildings
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approaching this dancing couple here
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we're walking into the playhouse
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District which is the Theater District
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they're going to see a lot of classic
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neon signs out in this area hopefully
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for example the exact example example
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Hannah the Great Lakes theater right
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here
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on there Playhouse theater
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and State Theater there with this
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blinking neon with Les Miserables play
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it and just to give some perspective
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right now there when I was here the
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first day a few days ago
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really large chandelier that's down in
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the middle of the street
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is right down there
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in the middle of the Theater District
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look at that thing
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are reading this little information
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placard
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States here
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the four 1920 theaters originally built
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as houses for film Vaudeville and
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theater fell into this array but were
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saved moments away from the Wrecking
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Ball by a group of citizens
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the largest theater restoration project
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ever to happen in the world yeah look at
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this awning here it almost looks kind of
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like a UFO a wrought iron UFO
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Ryan was also telling me this used to be
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one of the big department stores here in
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town called the Hannah building
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right over here in the Theater District
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you can even see the Hannah building
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a little logo and icon right up there
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kind of etched to the side
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yeah Halley's was down here with the mid
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company and higbee's like the the big
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well-known buildings that do all your
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comments in Cleveland yeah
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can you read roman numerals you know
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what that says mcmxx
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correct now if this thing was in LA it
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would probably not it probably wouldn't
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be there
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with the earthquakes oh yeah don't know
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if a big chandelier dangling over the
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center of an intersection would work but
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maybe
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what kind of bad weather do they have
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here just snow storms oh blizzards is
23:46
probably the worst of it we do get
23:48
earthquakes here and there you get
23:49
earthquakes here believe it or not
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this is kind of interesting right next
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to the big chandelier now they have this
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they talk about this at the Rock and
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Roll Hall of Fame but this is the real
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Spot Cleveland disc jockey Allen free
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broadcast from the studios at wjw
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located on this site
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right here populate popularizing the
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phrase rock and roll
24:10
so was it right here where the idea
24:12
Center is now it was back in there this
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this facade is fairly new
24:18
wow that is really cool
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right here was the spot rock and roll A
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very wise man once sang a song shared
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the news if you will at the heart of
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rock and roll it's still beating
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you know in Cleveland and it's true
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Detroit
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Cleveland
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he gave them this he did yeah and he was
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part of the news
24:46
once a new Duck
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what's what he wants a nude duck like or
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something else
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and since I have not walked over this
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bridge
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I just decided to go ahead and do it now
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since I've been here on this little
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few day journey into Cleveland
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once again with the Goodyear blip
25:46
hovering over there
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relying very impressive architecture
25:57
the river going by
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full of coal or something on the back
26:18
it's gonna do it for today from downtown
26:20
Cleveland strolling back towards my
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hotel this is my last full day here in
26:26
before heading out
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tomorrow
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the Vlog
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is it is it in fact I was going to end
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it right here well then that means the
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Vlog is open
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did I nail it
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now that
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would this be giving it a big thumbs up
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make sure you do give it give it a big
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thumbs up but you're right though over
27:00
at House of Blues the Toadies are still
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around
27:05
I mean that's not until the 13th Awesome
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Kingdom I've seen the Toadies probably
27:09
five times back in the 90s I haven't
27:11
seen them since the 90s
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give it a big thumbs up
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I haven't said that in a long time no
27:19
you still have your wristband from the
27:21
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yes I do all
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right one last thing there are some old
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neon bowling alley bowling pins and a
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bowling ball there the bowling alley is
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gone but the bowling pins still exist