tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post1287633560397616697..comments2023-11-15T02:18:34.344-08:00Comments on DiscConnected: THE RECORD COLLECTOR’S MARATHON (SOUTHWESTERN DESERT STYLE)DiscConnectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-40832856672664857962011-09-05T20:20:51.776-07:002011-09-05T20:20:51.776-07:00>>...I'm sure there's something impo...<i>>>...I'm sure there's something important on that wall like an ad for Red Bull or a Lady GaGa poster. Cultural stuff.</i><br /><br />Actually, it's even worse than that (if you can imagine such a thing). The walls are simply painted white. But it appears they knocked down some walls, because the oval shape no longer exists. Looking at it now, you'd never know it was ever anything but rectangular shaped building. <br /><br />However... the sloping brick walkways with their handrails that led down to the ice rink are still there. Within the next 15 minutes, I intend to pop in my Rocky DVD and watch that "First Date" scene again, to see how much of those sloping walkways show up in the movie. The old rink might still be worth a five-minute visit. I'll know shortly...<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-34822927525126062152011-09-05T15:16:20.020-07:002011-09-05T15:16:20.020-07:00My collector friends understand...
Bummer about R...My collector friends understand...<br /><br />Bummer about Rhino-I thought that maybe since the label was still around (they put out your Tiny Tim box if youse remembers) they'd keep the store going.<br /><br />I'd be surprised if Amoeba folds-from what I've been told that's where the collectors go....unless the rent is too high in that part of town.<br /><br />The Rocky rink-not a surprise. The movie was so long ago that that nostalgia would have long since worn off, and no one would do anything silly like keep art intact for art's sake. I'm sure there's something important on that wall like an ad for Red Bull or a Lady GaGa poster. Cultural stuff.DiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-400131965247218382011-09-05T01:08:08.091-07:002011-09-05T01:08:08.091-07:00You are OUTSANE!
(That is a person who is insane b...You are <i><b>OUTSANE!</b></i><br />(That is a person who is insane but doesn't mind displaying it outwardly for the whole world to see.)<br /><br />Check out my response to your most recent comment on "Stuffs" for an observation about Amoeba Records on Hollywood Blvd.<br /><br />On Friday, my friend The Flying Aardvark and I drove down Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood, past the Whisky-A-Go-Go. The marquee was advertising an upcoming show by Chickenfoot. The Aard said to me, "What is Chickenfoot?" I answered, "It's a Rock group who named themselves after my friend DiscConnected's youngest cat."<br /><br />Bad 'N' Sad News: Rhino Records on Westwood Blvd. is no more. I'm still in a state of shock.<br /><br />Also, the English village scene painted on the walls of Rocky's "Philadelphia" ice-skating rink in Santa Monica no longer exists.<br /><br />As I said more than once during my L.A. vacation: "The places you thought would never close are closed; the places you thought would soon be long gone are still going strong".<br /><br />Rhino Records is gone, and the Hyatt (Riot) House Hotel is gone; Jim Morrison's home away from home, the Alta Cienega Motel - a flea-bag joint at the bottom of the hill on La Cienega in West Hollywood - is still standing, and the Burrito King at the corner of Sunset and Alvarado is still burritoing. Who'da thunk it?<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.com