Stop Eight - The Hollywood Hustler Store
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Next stop was the Hollywood Hustler store. It was very clean and bright, and not seedy at all. Much the same type of experience we had when we went to the Hustler Club in New Orleans a couple years ago. Chris bought his pal a couple t-shirts, we bought Kevin an ashtray, and Stephie had a decaf mocha cappuccino in the little cafe they have in the building.
Stop Nine - ICA
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Chris said that there was this building that he passes regularly on his way home that he wanted me to see. He didn't know what it was, but the sign and the logo on the sign intrigued him.
I had known the name Intercontinental Absurdities from early Frank Zappa records, but I didn't know they were still using it. Likewise, I thought the Zappa Records label was defunct for many years. The building looked to be in pretty good shape, but there was no obvious way in. The only sign that it had been used recently was the Kerry/Edwards sticker in the window (OK, maybe not that recently). Afterwards I found out that ICA was still a viable company, and from what I can tell, that building was used as an office/rehearsal space when Zappa was still alive. I can't even imagine all the great music that those walls have heard.
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